208 



Appropriation of the Government Grant. [Nov. 30, 



Brought forward £2,724 7 



The Marine Biological Association, for the Investigation of 

 the Flora and Fauna of Plymouth Sound, with especial relation 

 to the physical conditions related thereto 250 



Prof. S chafer, for payment of an Assistant to aid in prose- 

 cuting a Research into the functions of the Nervous System, 

 especially of the Cerebral Cortex 100 



Dr. T. L. Brunton, for Investigations on the connexion 

 between Chemical Constitution and Physiological Action .... 100 



John Beard, for Researches in Elasmobranch and Ganoid 

 development 150 



Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, for continuation of the Researches on 

 the Development of Fishes, and especially the investigation of 

 those in which the post-larval stages are unknown 50 



Prof. C. Lapworth, for the Study of the Stratigraphical 

 sequence on the lower Palaeozoic Rocks of Wales and the West 

 of England, and of the Graptolites contained therein 100 



Prof. W. A. Herdman, for the Exploration by dredging, 

 tow-netting, &c, of Liverpool Bay, and the neighbouring parts 

 of the Irish Sea, in order to determine accurately the Fauna 

 and Flora of the different parts, and the conditions under 



which the various species are found 25 



J. Rattray, to prepare a Monograph of the Diatomaceae .... 100 



Francis Gotch, for the investigation of the Electric Fishes 

 with special reference to the functional activity of the Electric 

 Organ 75 



A Committee, for the purpose of sending a Collector to 

 obtain Zoological Specimens in the less known West Indian 

 Islands 100 



J. Starkie Gardner, to work out a bed of Limestone contain- 

 ing Fossil Plants at Ardtun exposed by quarrying operations 

 last year , 50 



W. F. Denning, for further observation of Shooting Stars 

 and their radiant points, with special reference to the stationary 

 radiation of Meteors 30 



Prof. T. R. Jones, for further elucidation of the Fossil 

 Ostracoda . . 100 



Prof. W. K. Parker, for further Researches in the Mor- 

 phology of the Vertebrata 300 



J. Clark, for the examination in detail of the Protoplasmic 

 Movements exhibited by the lower organisms, and by the ordi- 

 nary vegetable cell 70 



£4,324 7 



