XXX EIGHTH REPORT — 1838. 



The above grants expire at the Meeting in 1839, unless the 

 Recommendations shall have been acted on, or,a continuance of 

 the grant applied for by the Sectional Committees, and ordered 

 by the General Committee. Those marked thus *, relate to 

 subjects on which no previous resolution has been adopted : 

 the grounds for such new grants will be found in the previous 

 pages. The mark t is affixed to grants for objects previously 

 recommended by the Association, but without grants of money. 

 The others are renewals or continuations of former grants for 

 objects which have been detailed in previous volumes. 



In grants of money to Committees for purposes of Science, 

 the member first named is empowered to draw on the Treasurer 

 for such sums as may from time to time be required. The 

 General Committee does not contemplate, in the grants, the 

 payment of personal expenses to the members. 



Arrangement of the General JEvenmg Meetings. 



On Monday evening, August 20, the President, His Grace 

 the Duke of Northumberland, having taken the Chair in the 

 Central Exchange, the Address of the General Secretaries 

 was read by R. I. Murchison, Esq. 



On Tuesday evening, in the same room, the attention of the 

 Meeting was called to the collection of Models in the Exhibition 

 Room, and addresses, explanatory of particular Inventions or 

 Processes, were delivered by C. Babbage, Esq., the Rev. Dr. 

 Robinson, and Professor Willis. 



On Wednesday evening, the Green Market, fitted up for the 

 purpose, was opened for Promenade and Conversation, and 

 Mr. Addams explained and exemplified the process by which 

 the Solidification of Carbonic Acid Gas is effected. 



On Thursday evening. Abstracts of the Proceedings which 

 had taken place in the Sections were read by the Presidents of 

 the Sections in the Central Exchange. 



On Friday evening, the Assembly Rooms, enlarged for the 

 occasion, were opened for Promenade and Conversation. 



On Saturday evening, the Concluding General Meeting 

 of the Association took place in the Central Exchange, when 

 an account of the Proceedings of the General Committee 

 was read by the Rev. Professor Peacock. 



