VIII. 



Nach Beschlufs der Versammlung der Gesellschaft am 

 2. März soll das folgende Rundschreiben im 25. Bericht 

 Aufnahme finden. 



Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund. 



This fund, which has been established by Mrs. Elizabeth 

 Thompson, of Stamford, Connecticut, "for the advancement 

 and prosecution of scientific research in its broadest sense," 

 now amounts to £ 25,000. As accumulated income is again 

 available, the trustees desire to receive applications for ap- 

 propriations in aid of scientific work. This endowment is 

 not for the benefit of anj one department of science, but it 

 is the Intention of the trustees to give the preference to 

 those investigations which cannot otherwise he provided for, 

 which have for their object the advancement of human 

 knowledge or the benefit of mankind in general, rather than 

 to researches directed to the Solution of questions of merely 

 local importance. 



Applications for assistance from this fund should be ac- 

 companied by a füll Statement of the nature of the investi- 

 gation, of the conditions under which it is to be prosecuted, 

 and of the manner in which the appropriation asked for is 

 to be expended. The applications should be forwarded to 

 the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Dr. C. S. Minot, 

 Harvard Medical 8chool, Boston, Mass., U. ö. A. 



The new grants will probably be made in May, 1887. 



The following grants have been made : — 



