CONTENTS— {contin ued) . 



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Presentation of the Medals 356 



Election of Council and Officers 362 



Financial Statement 364 & 365 



Trust Funds 366-368 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of £1000 annually voted by Parliament 

 to the Royal Society (the Grovermnent G-rant), to be employed in aiding the 



advancement of Science 369 



Account of G-rants from the Donation Fund iii 1875-76 370 



Eeport of the Kew Committee 370 



List of Presents . 385 



On the Behaviour of the Fixed Elements of the Connective Tissue of the Tongue 



in Inflammation. By Gteoege F. Dowdeswell, B.A. Cantab. (Plate 8.) 390 



Obituary Notices : — 



Sir Chaeles Lyell xi 



Dr. Neil Aenott xiv 



GOVERNMENT FUINTD OF £4000 



FOE THE PEOMOTION OF SCIENTITIC EESEAECH. 



The President and Council of the Eoyal Society have resolved to advise the 

 Committee of Council on Education to expend the above-named Fund in aiding 

 Scientific Eesearch: — 1, by conferring grants on competent persons, or by offering 

 prizes of considerable value for the solution of problems ; 2, by meeting applications 

 from persons desirous of undertaking investigations ; 3, by appljing funds for 

 computation, the formation of Tables of Constants, and other laborious and 

 unremunerative scientific work. 



Applications are to be addressed to the Secretaries of the Eoyal Society, Burlington 

 House, London, W., marked [Groveniment Fund] not later than January 31, 1877. 



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