514 



13. Appropriation of the Government Grant of 1000 in 1851. 



1 . To Dr. Thurnam, to assist in procuring exact drawings 



of crania of early British races 50 



The drawings have been made, and are deposited 

 with an accompanying memoir at the Royal Society. 



2. To Professor Stokes, for experiments to determine the 

 index of friction in different gases 175 



These experiments are in progress at the Kew Obser- 

 vatory under Professor Stokes's direction. 



3. To Dr. Hofmann, for a continuation of his investiga- 

 tions respecting organic bases 100 



These investigations were in continuation of re- 

 searches of which the results were published in the 

 Philosophical Transactions, and for which a Royal Medal 

 was awarded. They are regarded by chemists as ex- 

 tremely important, and are still in progress. 



4. To the Astronomer Royal, for the reduction and publi- 

 cation of the late Rev. T. Catton's Astronomical Observations. 50 



These observations, extending from 1791 to 1832, 

 have been reduced, and the results published in the 

 Transactions of the Royal Astronomical Society. 



5. To John F. Miller, Esq. of Whitehaven, to obtain ob- 

 servations on the fall of rain, and on the minimum temperature 



in winter, at several stations in the Lake District of England. 50 



These observations have been communicated to the 

 Royal Society, and the results have been published in 

 " Reports on the Meteorology of the Lake District," by 

 Mr. Miller. 



6. To Dr. W. B. Carpenter, for the execution of drawings 

 of Foraminifera collected on the Australian coast during the 

 Surveying Expedition of Her Majesty's Ship ' Fly ' 25 



These drawings have been deposited at the Royal 

 Society, and have served, together with similar drawings 

 procured by grants in 1852 and 1854, as data from 

 which Dr. Carpenter has drawn up an important mono- 



