xxxviii REPORT — 1851. 



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

 remains disposable on each grant. 



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

 sociation 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., C Queen Street Place, Upper Thames 

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

 time be required. 



In grants of money to Committees, the Association does not contemplate 

 the payment of personal expenses to the Members. 



In all cases where additional grants of money are made for the continua- 

 tion of Researches at the cost of the Association, the sum named shall be 

 deemed to include, as a part of the amount, the specified balance which may 

 remain unpaid on the former grant for the same object. 



General Meetings (in the Corn Exchange'). 



On Wednesday, July 2nd, at 8 p.m., the late President, Sir David Brewster, 

 K.H., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., V.P.R.S.E., resigned his Office to George 

 Biddell Airy, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal, who took the 

 Chair at the General Meeting, and delivered an Address, for which see 

 p. xxxix. 



On Thursday, July 3rd, a Microscopic Soiree took place from 8 to 10 p.m. 



On Friday, July 4th, at 8 p.m., Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of 

 Anatomy in the College of Surgeons, London, delivered a Discourse on the 

 distinction between Plants and Animals, and their Changes of Form. 



On Monday, July 7th, at 8 p.m., the President, G. B. Airy, Esq., F.R.S., 

 Astronomer Royal, delivered a Discourse on the Total Solar Eclipse of 

 July 28, 1851. 



On Tuesday Evening, July 8th, at 8 p.m., the concluding General Meeting 

 of the Association was held in the Theatre of the Mechanics' Institute, when 

 the Proceedings of the General Committee, and the grants of Money for scien- 

 tific purposes were explained to the Members. 



The Meeting was then adjourned to Belfast in 1852*. 

 * The Meeting is appointed to take Place on Wednesday, the 1st of Septemher, 1852. 



