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by which these evils might be remedied, viz. if Foreign Countries could be 
induced to adopt the arrangement, by which books are now forwarded to 
some of our Colonies, at charges very reasonable as compared with the above. 
“T remain, &c., 
« WROTTESLEY.” 
To the above letter the following reply was received from Mr. Addington, 
the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs :— 
“ Foreign Office, March 17, 1852. 
« My Lorp,—I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to acquaint your 
Lordship that he has referred to the Postmaster-General your letter of the 
15th inst., urging that steps be taken by Her Majesty’s Government to induce 
Foreign Governments to reduce their rates of Postage on printed papers, with 
a view of facilitating the distribution of scientific works. 
. “Tam, &e., 
«H. U. AvpINGTON.” 
The Committee also requested Lord Wrottesley and Sir Robert Inglis to 
represent to the Earl of Derby the inadequacy of the present fund out of 
which Pensions are provided in certain cases for eminent scientific men. 
In pursuance of this resolution Lord Wrottesley and Sir Robert Inglis re- 
quested and obtained an interview with the Earl of Derby on the 19th of March 
last, at which they directed his attention to the ill-success which had lately 
attended the applications for Scientific Pensions, and instanced the cases of 
Mr. Hind and Dr. Mantell, in whose behalf the Earl of Rosse, as President 
of the Royal Society, had applied for a grant of Pensions. 
The Earl of Derby, in reply, stated it to be the wish of the Government 
to apportion the fund equitably amongst all the separate classes into which 
the List is divided, or to that effect, and requested to know the share of the 
whole fund which had in fact been allotted to Science. In answer to this 
latter question Lord Wrottesley addressed to the Earl of Derby a letter, of 
which the following is a copy :— 
“ Wrottesley, April 24, 1852. 
“ Drar Lorp Dersy,—When I had the honour of an interview with you 
in the matter of Pensions to Scientific men, you asked me for the exact 
amount of those that had been granted in favour of Science. I could not 
answer this question, as I had not then been able to obtain either the earliest 
or latest returns. I have since procured all the papers and the account stands 
as follows: out of £16,800 (1200 x 14:), the total sum granted for Pensions, 
since the Civil List was settled at the commencement of the Queen's reign, 
a sum of £2150 has been appropriated to Science, properly so called, or not 
quite 13 per cent. 
“I give this detail because it was required from me; but I would not be 
understood to ground any argument upon it: our complaint is, that in a 
country like this, which owes so much to Science, there should be aé any 
time no means of rewarding, either by money payments, or in any other 
manner both appropriate and acceptable to the candidates for distinction, 
eases of great merit, which have been brought to the notice of the Govern- 

ment by Scientific Societies in whose recommendations confidence may be 
securely reposed. 1 say Scientific Societies, for however trustworthy an in- 
- dividual may be, there can never be the same reliance on a single opinion in 
cases of this description*. 
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“J may add, that when I saw you I was not aware that Lord Rosse had 
* A paragraph is here omitted as referring to personal matters. 
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