513 



4. To T. Wharton Jones, Esq., to be employed in assisting 



him in investigations on inflammation 100 



These investigations were in continuation of an inquiry 

 in which Mr. Jones had been for some time engaged, 

 and for which he had obtained, in 1850, the Triennial 

 Prize of 300, founded by Sir Astley Cooper. Their 

 continuation has led to further publications in the Phi- 

 losophical Transactions and in the Medico- Chirurgical 

 Transactions, and is still in progress. 



5. To Professor Owen, to have drawings made of unde- 

 scribed or unfigured parts of the skeleton of the Megatherium. 100 



The drawings have been made and are deposited at 

 the Royal Society, accompanied by a memoir drawn up 

 by Professor Owen, part of which has been published 

 in the Philosophical Transactions, and the remainder is 

 now in course of publication. 



6. To Lieut. -Col. Sabine, for the purchase of magnetical 

 and meteorological instruments of a new construction for 

 trial of their merits at the Kew Observatory. The instru- 

 ments to be the property of Her Majesty's Government .... 100 



These instruments were purchased and their merits 

 examined at the Kew Observatory : the results of the 

 examination have been published in the Transactions of 

 the British Association. 



7. To Dr. Stenhouse, to assist his researches into the 

 chemical relations subsisting amongst the various genera of 

 plants 100 



This grant produced a valuable paper " On the Ac- 

 tion of Nitric Acid on various Vegetables," which was 

 published in the Philosophical Transactions ; and the full 

 amount of the grant was subsequently placed again by 

 Dr. Stenhouse at the disposal of the Committee, and be- 

 came the subject of a fresh appropriation in 1853. _ 

 Total sum appropriated in 1850. . . . 1000 



