CONTENTS. 



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Some Account of the Foundation arid Early History of the Royal Society 1 

 Cbarta Prima, Prsesidi, Concilio, et Sodalibus Regalis Societatis Londini, 



a Rege Carolo Secundo concessa 19 



First Charter, granted to the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal 



Society of London, by King Charles the Second 31 



Cbarta Secunda, Tisdem ab Eodem concessa 44 



Second Charter, granted to the same by the same 58 



Charta Tertia, lisdem ab Eodem concessa 73 



Third Charter, granted to the same by the same 85 



A License for Purchasing in Mortmain to the yearly value of One 



Thousand Pounds, granted by King George the First 97 



A Note on the History of the Statutes of the Society 



The First Statutes 100 



The Statutes from 1663 to 1752 100 



The Statutes from 1752 to 1776 105 



The Statutes from 1776 to 1847 Ill 



The Changes from 1847 to 1888 113 



Benefactors of the Society ., 115 



The Trusts of the Royal Society 120 



Institutions upon which the Royal Society is represented 135 



Other Public Functions performed by the Royal Society 136 



Description of the Kew Observatory 137 



The Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, formerly known as "The Physick Garden" 153 



The Lawes Agricultural Trust 155 



History of the Government Grant for Scientific Investigations 



I. " Government Grant " of 1000 a year 158 



II. " Government Fund " of 4000 a year and "Government 



Grant " of 1000 a year 159 



III. " Government Grant " of 4000 a year 161 



The Publications of the Royal Society 164 



The ' Philosophical Transactions ' 164 



The ' Proceedings of the Royal Society ' 165 



Catalogue of Scientific Papers 166 



