GENERAL MEETINGS. Ux 



Extracts from Resolutions of the General Committee. 



Committees and individuals, to whom grants of money for scientific pur- 

 poses have been entrusted, are required to present to each following meeting 

 of the Association a Report of the progress which has been made ; with a 

 statement of the sums which have been expended, and the balance which re- 

 mains disposable on each grant. 



Grants of pecuniary aid for scientific pnqjoses from the funds of the Asso- 

 ciation expire at the ensuing meeting, unless it shall appear by a Eeport that 

 the Recommendations have been acted on, or a continuation of them be 

 ordered by the General Committee. 



In each Committee, the Member first named is the person entitled to call 

 on the Treasurer, William Spottiswoode, Esq., 59 Grosvenor Place, London, 

 S.W., for such portion of the sum granted as may from time to time be re- 

 quired. 



In grants of money to Committees, the Association does not contemplate 

 the payment of personal expenses to the members. 



In all cases where additional grants of money are made for the continua- 

 tion of Researches at the cost of the Association, the sum named shall be 

 deemed to include, as a part of the amount, the specified balance which may 

 remain unpaid on the foiTuer grant for the same object. 



General Meetings. 



On Wednesday Evening, September 14, at 8 p.m., in the Theatre, Sir W. 

 G. Armstrong, LL.D., F.R.S., resigned the office of President to Sir Charles 

 Lyell, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., who took the Chair, and deUvered 

 an Address, for which see page Ix. 



On Thursday Evening, September 15, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place in the 

 Assembly Rooms. 



On Friday Evening, September 16, at 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, Pro- 

 fessor Roscoe delivered a Discourse on the Chemical Action of Light. 



On Monday Evening, September 19, at 8 p.m., in the Theatre, Dr. Living- 

 stone delivered a Lecture on his recent travels in Central Africa. 



On Tuesday Evening, September 20, at 8 p.m., a Soiree took place in the 

 Assembly Room. 



On Wednesday, September 21, at 3 p.m., the concluding General Meeting 

 took place, when the Proceediags of the General Committee, and the Grants of 

 Money for Scientific purposes, were explained to the Members. 



The Meeting was tiien adjourned to Birmingham*. 



* The Meeting is appointed to take place on Wednesday, September 6, 1865. 



