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and deeds of trusts, lists of donors, subscribers, trustees, com- 

 mittees, etc., data regarding the amount of the principal of the 

 several funds, the amount of the income, the amount and object 

 of expenditures, and a summary of the action of the Academy 

 relative to the funds from year to year. As already mentioned, 

 the trust funds of the Academy in 1895 were six in number, the 

 combined principal of which amounted to $94,000. In 1908 two 

 funds had been added, and the total amount of the capital aggre- 

 gated $170,359.17." 



From these funds, between the years 1871 and 1908, 175 grants 

 were made, ranging in amount from $25 to $2500 each. The 

 majority were from the Bache Fund and from the Gould Fund. 

 In addition, the income of the Wolcott Gibbs Fund was 

 regularly alloted, and gold medals were presented from the 

 funds which provided for them. 



The grants from the Bache Fund between 1871 and 1908 

 amounted to about $76,000, distributed in the following 

 manner: 100 



Astronomy and Astrophysics $25,650 



Physics 14,634 



Magnetic Surveys 8,260 



Physiology and Pathology 6,600 



Miscellaneous 101 5,35O 



Chemistry 5, 150 



Zoology 5,050 



Botany 3, 100 



Paleontology 1 ,200 



Psychology 600 



Meteorology 550 



Seismology 100 



Total $76,244 



The grants from the Gould Fund between 1899 and 1908 were 

 all for astronomical investigations and amounted to $9,430. 



w Of this sum, $40,000 is not yet available. 



100 The classification is not entirely exact, as the object of the grants is not always definitely 

 stated. 



101 Some of the items under this heading are probably chargeable to astronomy. 



