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to the lower portion of the wall-cases in the strong room, are in course 

 of construction. "When completed and set up they will add consider- 

 ably to the exhibition space, now too limited for a suitable disposition 

 of the numerous gold and silver objects in the Museum. 



Hydrants connected with the street water-mains, and leathern 

 hose have been placed in the basement of the Academy House, on the 

 ground floor, and in two of the upper stories, a measure long needed 

 for the protection against fire of the house and premises, and the valu- 

 able property they contain. As a further measure of precaution, the 

 Council have applied to the Board of Works for a safe in which to de- 

 posit the most precious of the manuscripts now in the possession of the 

 Academy. 



The Grants in aid of the preparation of Scientific Eeports, already 

 sanctioned by the Academy, are as follows : — 



£40 to W. H. Baily for Report on Cambrian and Silurian Possils. 



£10 to G. H. Kinahan for prosecution of his studies of the Consti- 

 tuents of Granite. 



£30 to Drs. Davy and Cameron to prosecute further researches 

 into the Compounds of Selenium. 



In addition, the following Grants have been recommended by the 

 Committee of Science, approved by the Council, and will be submitted 

 for sanction to the Academy this evening, viz. : — 



£21 8s. to Dr. Davy for Researches on the j^itro-Prussides. 



£50 to Dr. Wright for Investigations into the Structure of the 

 Vegetable Cell and its Nucleus. 



£20 to Dr. Reynolds and Rev. Dr. Haughton for Microscopic Slide 

 Sections of a large collection of Sandwich Island Lavas, already ana- 

 lysed by Dr. Haughton. 



The Academy having resolved to give a conversazmie to the mem- 

 bers of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a 

 subscription list was opened for the purpose among the members of 

 the Academy, by whom it was most liberally supported {vide Appen- 

 dix A.) At the request of the Council, the Lord Mayor courteously 

 placed at the disposal of the Academy such rooms in the Mansion- 

 house as were required on the occasion. It is believed that the 

 reception was of a kind not unworthy of the distinguished body in 

 whose honour it was held, nor of the position of the Academy in the 

 scientific world. 



