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1 . Scientific Relief Fund. The intention of several Fellows of 

 the Society to promote the establishment of a Permanent Fund, to 

 be invested in the name of the Royal Society, the interest of which 

 Fund should be applied (under the control of the Council) to the 

 aid of such scientific men and their families as may from time to 

 time require and deserve assistance, having been notified to the 

 Council, accompanied by a list of several intended donations, the 

 Council passed a resolution accepting the proposed Trust, and 

 directing that all Donations on account thereof, paid to the Bankers 

 of the Society, should be invested in Government Securities, and 

 constitute a Fund to be named the " Scientific Relief Fund," the in- 

 terest of which should be at the disposal of the President and Council 

 under the following conditions, viz. : 



" That the President and Council of the Royal Society have full 

 power to appoint Committees, or to make such arrangements as they 

 may, from time to time, consider most advantageous for the carrying 

 out the objects of the Trust in the most liberal sense. 



" That no application for relief be entertained except on the recom- 

 mendation of the President of one of the following Chartered Societies : 

 The Astronomical, Chemical, Geographical, Geological, Linnean, 

 or Royal Society ; it being understood that the several Presidents 

 will consult their respective Councils as to the persons whom they 

 intend to recommend for relief. 



" That in each case in which assistance is granted, a record of the 

 recommendation be entered on the Minutes of the Council of the 

 Royal Society. 



" That the amounts and particulars of the Fund, as invested, with 

 the account of the receipts during the preceding year, the gross ex- 

 penditure and disposable balance in hand, appear in the annual pub- 

 lished Financial Statement of the Royal Society." 



The Council have made arrangements for the administration of the 

 proceeds of this Trust-Fund in conformity with the above conditions. 

 The sum invested in the New 3 per Cent, Annuities amounts at 

 present to 4824 9*. 9d. 



2. Increased Gratuities to the Secretaries* The duties of the 

 Secretaries having augmented greatly of late years, in consequence 

 partly of the increased activity with which various branches of science 

 are cultivated in this country and the greater number of papers 



