BENEFACTORS OF THE SOCIETY 197 



1879. January 16. Sir William (afterwards Lord) Armstrong. Gift of 



.1,000 to the Fee Reduction Fund. 

 1879. February 27. Sydney Ellis. *An unconditional bequest to the 



Society of .1,000; 



1879. April 24. Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Bart. Bequest of ^1,500 

 to the Society, * the interest to be applied to the promotion of scientific 

 research.' 



1880. December 16. Miss H. E. Pipe. Gift of ^105 in aid of the publica- 

 tion of Mr. W. K. Parker's papers. 



1881. March 24. Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. Gift of .1,666 13*. 4d. 3 per 

 cent. Consols 'to provide in perpetuity a yearly bonus of 50 to be 

 given to the recipient of the Copley Medal \ 



1884. January 17. Sir William Siemens. Bequest of ,1,000 free of 

 legacy duty, to the Scientific Relief Fund. 



1884. October 30. George Bentham. Bequest of ,1,000 to the Scientific 

 Relief Fund ; afterwards reduced to ,567 by an informality in the will. 



1885. April 23. James Budgett. Gift of <100 in aid of the publication 

 of Professor W. K. Parker's Researches. 



1886. February 18. Dr. Ludwig Mond. Donation of 500 guineas to the 

 Scientific Relief Fund. 



1886. November 30. Sir William (afterwards Lord) Armstrong. Donation 



of ^SOO to the Scientific Relief Fund (see p. 183). 

 1888. March 15. Dr. J. F. Main. A telescope and the piers built for it 



at St. Moritz. 

 1891. February 19. Henry Bowman Brady, F.R.S. Bequest of all his books 



and papers relating to the Protozoa, and .300 free of duty, upon trust 



for the purchase of works on the same or kindred subjects. 



1891. October 29. His Excellency Dr. Robert Halliday Gunning gave the 

 Society his bond for ,1,000 to found the Gunning Fund (see p. 180). 



1892. December 8. Dr. Ludwig Mond, F.R.S. Gift of .2,000 to assist in 

 carrying on the Catalogue of Scientific Papers '. 



1893. May 18. Earl of Derby. Bequest of .2,000. 



1894. June 21. Dr. Ludwig Mond. Contribution towards the cost of the 

 Subject Index to the Catalogue of Scientific Papers. ' One-half of the 

 total expenditure in excess of the sum of ,1,500 available for this purpose 

 out of the ,2,000 already placed at the disposal of the Society [see above], 

 provided the Society or others are willing to contribute the remainder of 

 such sum.' 



1897. November. Sir William Mackinnon. Residue of his estate upon 

 trust for the foundation and endowment of prizes and scholarships for 

 the purpose of furthering Natural and Physical Science, and of furthering 

 original research and investigation in Pathology (see p. 182). 



1900. January. Professor David Edward Hughes, F.R.S. Bequest of .4,000. 



