xlti 



REPORT— 1856. 



"^ £ s. d. 



Periodical Phsenomena 15 



Meteorological Instrument, 



Azores ■■■ 25 



£345 18 



1851. 

 Maintaining the Establishment at 

 Kew Observatory (includes part 



ofgrantin 1849) 309 



Theory of Heat 20 



Periodical Phaenomena of Animals 



and Plants 5 



Vitality of Seeds 5 



Influence of Solar Radiation 30 



Ethnological Inquiries 12 



Researches on Annelida 10 



£391 



9 7 



1852. 

 Maintaining the Establishment at 



Kew Observatory (including 



balance of grant for 1850) ...233 17 8 

 Experiments on the Conduction 



ofHeat 5 2 9 



Influence of Solar Radiations ... 20 



Geological Map of Ireland 15 



Researches on the British Anne- 



lida 10 



Vitality of Seeds 10 6 2 



Strength of Boiler Plates 10 



£304 6 7 



1853. 



Maintaining the Establishment at 



Kew Observatory 165 



Experiments on the Influence of 



Solar Radiation 15 



Researches on the British Anne- 

 lida 10 



Dredging on the East Coast of 



Scotland 10 



Ethnological Queries 5 



£205 



£ s. a. 



1854. 



Maintaining the Establishment at 

 Kew Observatory (including 



balance of former grant) 330 15 4 



Investigations on Flax II 



Effects of Temperature on 



Wrought Iron 10 



Registration of Periodical Phae- 

 nomena 10 



British Annelida 10 



Vitality of Seeds 5 2 3 



Conduction of Heat 4 2 



'£380 19 7 



1855. 

 Maintaining the Establishment at 



Kew Observatory 425 



Earthquake Movements 10 



Physical Aspect of the Moon H 8 5 



Vitality of Seeds 10 7 11 



Map of the World 15 



Ethnol'ogical Queries 5 



Dredging near Belfast 4 



£480 16 4 



575 



1856. 

 Maintaining the Establishment at 

 Kew Observatory : — 



1854 £ 75 01 



1855 £500 OJ 



Strickland's Ornithological Syno- 

 nyms 100 



Dredging and Dredging Forms... 9 13 9 



Chemical Action of Light 20 



Strength of Iron Plates 10 



Registration of Periodical Phaeno- 

 mena 10 



Propagation of Salmon 10 



£734 13 9 



Extracts from Resolutions of the General Committee. 



Committees and individuals, to whom grants of money for scientific pur- 

 poses have been entrusted, are required to present to each following meeting 

 of the Association a Report of the progress which has been made ; with a 

 statement of the sums which have been expended, and the balance which re- 

 mains disposable on each grant. 



Grants of pecuniary aid for scientific purposes from the funds of the Asso- 

 ciation expire at the ensuing meeting, unless it shall appear by a Report that 

 the Recommendations have been acted on, or a continuation of them be 

 ordered by the General Committee. 



In each Committee, the Member first named is the person entitled to call 

 on the Treasurer, John Taylor, Esq., 6 Queen Street Place, Upper Thames 

 Street, London, for such portion of the sum granted as may from time to 

 time be required. 



