RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



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



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



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



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



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



cpensea incurred by the Society in matters referred to it by the 



rnment. 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 autliori/cd an increase of the amount provided for administrative 

 rxpcnscs from X'.'JOO to i'.'JoO 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 

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

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



Tlir President and Council of the Royal Society for the time being. 

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

 Tin' President, of the Royal Irish Academy and one other Representative, 

 The Presidents of 



The Uritish 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 lleoloirieal Society, 



The Royal ideographical Society, 



The Linnean Society. 



The Zoological Society, 



'I he Hoyal Anthropological Institute, 



The Royal College of Physicians, 



The Hoyal College of Surgeons, 

 The Members, for the time bein<r. of the seven advisory Boards named below. 



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

 .000 Nntrd by Pa ilia i IK -iit is delegated to seven Boards, the scope of each 

 >\vn in the subjoined table. 

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



'i'hy. and Mathematical Aslronomv. 

 H. Applications relating to Kxperimental Physics, Observational Astronomy, 



and Mi-tcorol. 

 C. Applications relating lo Chemistry and Metallurgy. 



