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applied in any manner " most conducive to the encourage- 

 ment, among our countrymen, of original research in the 

 Physical Sciences " (see p. 129). 



1877. (President's Address, 'Roy. Soc. Proc.,' vol. 26, p. 429). 

 A sum of 500 contributed anonymously by five Fellows to 

 the Society's funds. 



1879. January 16. Sir Joseph Whitworth. Gift of 2000 to the 

 Fee Reduction Fund. 



Sir William (now Lord) Armstrong. Gift of 1000 to the 

 Fee Reduction Fund. 



1878. April 11. James Young. A donation of 1,000, " for the 

 general purposes of the Society." This donation was devoted 

 to the "Publication Fund " (June 27, 1878), afterwards 

 merged in the Fee Reduction Fund (November 7, 1878). 



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



1881. March 24. Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. Gift of 1666 135. 4cZ. 

 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. G. Bentham. Bequest of 1000 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 G. (now Lord) Armstrong. 



Donation of 7,800 to the Scientific Relief Fund (see p. 120). 

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



for it at St. Moritz. 

 1891. February 19. Henry Bowman Brady. 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 1000 to found the Gunning 



Fund (see p. 131). 

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



