164 Record of the Komi Society. 



The Secretary explained that it was in consequence of the desire thus 

 expressed by their Lordships that it was now proposed to establish a 

 Reserve Fund, not at any time to exceed 2000. The Secretary 

 farther drew attention to the substitution of several relatively small 

 Boards for the previous large Sub-Committees ; to the rule admitting* 

 extended Grants ; to the special precautions under which personal 

 Grants would be made, and which their Lordships would probably 

 consider obviated the necessity of submitting each Grant for their 

 Lordships' approval ; and to the additions to the ex-officio list. 



In 1894 the Council at the instance of the General Committe& 

 asked Her Majesty's Treasury to increase the amount of the Grant, 

 but without success. 



Some few amendments have been made in the Regulations since 

 1888. In March, 1894, Instructions for the Government Grant 

 Boards were drawn up, and in February, 1895, Instructions for a 

 Committee appointed for the purpose of administering a Grant. 

 These will all be found in the * Year-book.' 



THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



The current publications of the Society are three: the 'Philo- 

 sophical Transactions' (4to), the 'Proceedings' (8vo), and the 

 4 Catalogue of Scientific Papers ' (4to), to which must be added the 

 ' List of Fellows ' (4to), and ' The Year-Book of the Royal Society ' 

 (8vo), the first number of which for the session 1896-7 has been 

 recently published. Besides these serials, monographs are occasion- 

 ally issued by the Society, such as the * Observations of the Inter- 

 national Polar Expeditions, 1882-3- -Fort Rae,' published in 1886; 

 ; The Eruption of Krakatoa, and Subsequent Phenomena,' edited by 

 G. J. Symoiis, F.R.S., .&c., published in 1888 ; and ' A Monograph of 

 the Horny Sponges,' by Dr. R. von Lendenfeld, published in 1889. 



THE * PHILOSOPHICAL TKANSACTIONS.' 



Some account of the origin of the ' Philosophical Transactions ' has- 

 already been given in the introductory sketch of the " Foundation 

 and Early History of the Society" (p. 11). The original form was a 

 small quarto with the title ' Philosophical Transactions : giving some 

 Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the, 

 Ingenious in many considerable parts of the world.' In 1792 a 



