IXX EEPOET 1881. 



Synopsis of Grants of Money ajpjprapriated to Scientific Purposes 

 by the General Committee at the York Meeting in August and^ 

 September 1881. The Names of the Members who are en- 

 titled to call on the General Treasurer for the respective Grants 

 are prefixed. 



£ s. d. 

 The Council. — Exploration of Mountain District of Eastern 



Equatorial Africa 100 0- 



Mathematics and Physics. 



*Darwiii, Mr. G. H. — Lunar Disturbance of Gravity 15 



Schuster, Dr. A.— Meteoric Dust 20 



*Sylvester, Prof. — Fundamental Invariants (partly renewed) 80 



Scott, Mr. R. H. — Synoptic Charts of the Indian Ocean ... 50 



*Foster, Prof. G. C. — Standards for use in Electrical Measure- 

 ments (partly renewed) 100 



Chemistry. 



*Dev?ar, Prof. — Present state of knowledge of Spectrum 



Analysis 5 



Stewart, Prof. Balfour. — Calibration of Mercurial Thermo- 

 meters 20 



Roscoe, Prof. — Wave-length Tables of Spectra of Elements 50 



Miiller, Dr. Hugo. — Chemical Nomenclature 10 



Odling, Prof. — Photographing the Ultra- Violet Spark 



Spectra 25 Q 



Geology. 



*Evans, Dr. J. — Record of the Progress of Geology 100 



*Ramsay, Prof. — Earthquake Phenomena of Japan 25 



*Sorby, Dr. H. C. — Conditions of Conversion of Sedimentary 



Materials into Metamorphic Rocks 10 



Williamson, Prof. W. C— Fossil Plants of Halifax 15 



Ramsay, Prof. A. C. — Geological Map of Europe 25 



*Hull, Prof. E.— Circulation of Underground Waters 15 



*WiUiamson, Prof. W. C. — Tertiary Flora associated with the 



Basalts of the North of Ireland 20 



Carried forward 685 0> 



* Reappointed. 



