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of the persons to whom the grants are to be made, to the determination of the 

 amounts of the various grants, and the conditions on which they are granted. 

 At the same date, with the like approval, a new Regulation (VI. 34) was made 

 under which the President and Council are authorized to set aside, in each 

 year, out of the Reserve Fund, such sum as they may consider desirable to 

 provide for expenses incurred by the Society in matters referred to it by the 

 Government. The opportunity was also taken to effect a number of other 

 minor amendments. 



On April 30, 1908, alterations were made in the dates for receiving 

 applications, and for the meeting of the Committee ; and on June 23, 1910, 

 the Treasury authorized an increase of the amount provided for administrative 

 expenses from ,200 to <*250 per annum. 



The Regulations now in force are to be found in the ' Year-Book'. 



The Government Grant for Scientific Investigations is administered by the 

 President and Council of the Royal Society. The General Committee by 

 which the applications are decided upon is at present composed as under. 



The President and Council of the Royal Society for the time being, 

 The President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and one other Representative, 

 The President of the Royal Irish Academy and one other Representative, 

 The Presidents of 



The British Association, 



The London Mathematical Society, 



The Royal Astronomical Society, 



The Physical Society, 



The Institution of Civil Engineers, 



The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 



The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 



The Chemical Society, 



The Iron and Steel Institute, 



The Geological Society, 



The Royal Geographical Society, 



The Linnean Society, 



The Zoological Society, 



The Royal Anthropological Institute, 



The Royal College of Physicians, 



The Royal College of Surgeons, 

 The Members, for the time being, of the seven advisory Boards named below. 



The actual examination of the applications for grants from the annual sum 

 of .4,000 voted by Parliament is delegated to seven Boards, the scope of each 

 is shown in the subjoined table. 



A. Applications relating to Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, Crystallo- 

 graphy, and Mathematical Astronomy. 



B. Applications relating to Experimental Physics, Observational Astronomy, 

 and Meteorology. 



C. Applications relating to Chemistry and Metallurgy. 



