GENERAL STATEMENT. 



Ixxi 



£ s. 



Periodical Phaenomena 15 



Meteorological Instrument, 



Azores 25 



£345 18 



1851. 

 Maintaining the Establishment at 

 Kew Observatory (includes part 



of grant in 1849) 309 2 



TheoryofHeat 20 1 



Periodical Phaenomena of Animals 



and Plants 5 



Vitality of Seeds 5 6 



Influence of Solar Radiation 30 



Ethnological Inquiries 12 



Researches on Annelida 10 



£391 9 



1852. 

 Maintaining the Establishment at 

 Kew Observatory (including 

 balance of grant for 1850) ... 233 17 

 Experiments on the Conduction 



ofHeat 5 2 



Influence of Solar Radiations ... 20 



Geological Map of Ireland 15 



Researches on the British Anne- 

 lida 10 



Vitality of Seeds 10 6 



Strength of Boiler Plates 10 



£304 6 



1853. 

 Maintaining the Establishment at 



Kew Observatory 165 



£ s. d. 

 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 



1854. 



Maintaining the Establishment at 

 Kew Observatory (including 

 balance of former grant) 330 15 4 



Investigations on Flax 110 



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 11 8 5 



Vitality of Seeds ., 10 7 11 



Map of the World 15 



Ethnological Queries 5 



Dredging near Belfast 4 



£480 16 4 



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. 



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. 



