XXXI 



THE CAIRO FUND. 



An unconditional gift of £10,000 was made to the Association at the 

 Dundee Meeting, 1912, by Mv. (afterwards Sir) J. K. Caird, LL.D., of 

 Dundee. 



The Council, in its report to the General Committee at the Birming- 

 ham Meeting, made certain recommendations as to the administration 

 of this Fund. These recommendations were adopted, with the Report, 

 by the General Committee at its meeting on September 10, 1913. 



The following allocations have been made from the Fund by the 

 Council to September 1922. 



Naples Zoological Station Committee (p. xxvii). — jE50 (1912-13) ; £100 

 (1913-14) ; £100 annually in future, subject to the adoption of the Committee's 

 report (reduced to X'50 during war ; suspended, 1920-21, pending approval by 

 Council of Committee's report on future control of the Station, etc.). 



Seis)nolo(jy Comniittec (p. xxvi). — £100 (1913-14) ; £100 annually in future, 

 subject to the adoption of the Committee's report. 



Radiotelegrapliic Committee (p. 273).— £500 (1913-14). 



Magnetic Re-survey of the British Isles (in collaboration with the Eoyal 

 Society).— £250. 



Committee on Determination of Gravity at Sea (p. xxvi). — £100 (1914-15)- 



Annual Tables of Constants (p. xxvi). — £40. 



Mr. F. Sargent, Bristol University, in connection with his Astronomical 

 Work.~£10 (1914). 



Organising Committee of Section F (Economics), towards expenses of an 

 Inquiry into Outlets for Labour after the War. — £100 (1915). 



Rev. T. E. R. Phillips, for aid in transjdanting his private observatory. — 

 £20 (1915). 



Committee on Fuel Economy (p. 277).— £25 (1915-16), £10 (1919-20). 

 Committee on Training in Citizenship (p. xxx). — £10 (1919-20). 

 Geophysical Committee of Royal Astronomical Society. — £10 (1920). 

 Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies. — £10 (1920) ; £10 (1921). 

 Marine Biological Association, Plymouth. — £200 (1921). 



In and since 1921, the Council have authorised expenditure from 

 acciuiiulated income of the fund upon grants to Research Committees 

 approved by the General Committee by way of supplementing sums 

 available from the general funds of the Association, and in addition to 

 grants ordinarily made by, or applied for from, the Council. 



Sir J. K. Caird, on September 10, 1913, made a further gift of £1,000 

 to the Association, to be devoted to the study of Radio-activity. In 

 1920 the Council decided to devote the principal and interest of this gift 

 at tlie rate of £250 jier annum for five years to purposes of the research 

 intended. The grants for the year ending March 24, 1922 and 1923 

 were made to Sir E. Rutherford, F.R.S. 



