406 



Account of Grants from the Donation Fund. 



The following Table shows the progress and present state of the 

 Society with respect to the number of Fellows : 



Nov. 30, 1892 . . 

 Since Elected . . 

 Since Deceased . . 

 Since Compounded 



Nov. 30, 1893 . . 



Patron 



and 



Royal. 



4 

 + 1 



Foreign. 



50 



- 2 



48 



Com- 

 pounders. 



156 

 + 1 

 4 



153 



4 



yearly. 



127 



+ 1 

 - 4 



124 



3 



yearly. 



170 

 + 14 

 - 3 



181 



Total. 



507 

 + 17 

 - 13 



511 



Account of Grants from the Donation Fund in 1892-93. 



s. d. 

 Prof. G. H. Darwin, for assistance in the Reduction of 



Tidal Observations 25 



Sir A. Geikie, to assist a Committee appointed by the 

 British Association in an Investigation of the character 

 of certain High Level Shell Beds in Scotland 30 



Prof. M. Foster, to aid Dr. Edkins in his Researches on 



Absorption from the Alimentary Canal 30 



Prof. W. C. Williamson, in aid of his Researches on 



Fossil Plants 30 



Prof. J. Milne, in aid of his Seismographic Investigations 100 



Sir A. Geikie, for the purchase of a Microscope to aid 



Dr. Piatania in his Mineralogical Researches 20 



Prof. Schafer, in aid of his Researches on Cerebral 



Localisation 50 



Prof. Roy, in aid of his Researches on the Physiology and 



Pathology of the Circulation of the Blood 50 



Sir W. H. Flower, to assist Mr. Lydekker in the Examin- 

 ation of Fossil Remains in La Plata 120 



Prof. Fleming, in aid of his Researches on Temperature 

 Changes in Electrical Resistance of Pure Metals and 

 Alloys over Wide Ranges of Temperature 50 



Dr. A. Harden and Dr. Dyson, for a Research on the 

 Combination of Chlorine with other Gases under the 

 Influence of Light 20 



Carried forward. ... . 525 



