﻿62 
  

  

  Anniversary 
  Meeting. 
  

  

  [Nov. 
  30, 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  advantages 
  he 
  had 
  derived 
  when 
  Honorary 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Obser- 
  

   vatory 
  at 
  Kew, 
  from 
  the 
  sums 
  granted 
  to 
  him 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  Fund 
  to 
  aid 
  

   him 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  his 
  photographic 
  apparatus 
  for 
  the 
  registration 
  

   of 
  Terrestrial 
  Magnetism, 
  Atmospheric 
  Electricity, 
  and 
  other 
  Meteoro- 
  

   logical 
  phenomena. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  grants 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  Session, 
  I 
  would 
  especially 
  men- 
  

   tion 
  £100 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Dohrn 
  in 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  Stazione 
  Zoologica 
  at 
  Xaples, 
  

   in 
  which 
  two 
  British 
  naturalists, 
  Mr. 
  Lankester 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Balfour, 
  have 
  

   recently 
  made 
  a 
  valuable 
  series 
  of 
  observations 
  on 
  marine 
  animals. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  others 
  were 
  a 
  grant 
  of 
  £25 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Carpenter 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  constructing 
  an 
  apparatus 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  theory 
  of 
  Oceanic 
  Circula- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  temperature, 
  and 
  =£50 
  in 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  Sub-Wealden 
  Explo- 
  

   ration. 
  In 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  last, 
  I 
  should 
  remark 
  that, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  

   the 
  important 
  scientific 
  results 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Sub- 
  

   Wealden 
  - 
  boring 
  (which 
  is 
  now 
  carried 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1000 
  feet), 
  and 
  in 
  

   view 
  of 
  obtaining 
  further 
  assistance 
  from 
  Her 
  Majesty's 
  Government 
  

   towards 
  the 
  work, 
  the 
  Council 
  authorized 
  me 
  to 
  lay 
  before 
  the 
  Chancellor 
  

   of 
  the 
  Exchequer 
  such 
  a 
  statement 
  as 
  I 
  should 
  judge 
  appropriate 
  with 
  the 
  

   object 
  of 
  obtaining 
  a 
  grant 
  from 
  the 
  public 
  purse 
  in 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  boring. 
  

  

  In 
  pursuance 
  of 
  this 
  resolution, 
  I 
  joined 
  the 
  Presidents 
  of 
  the 
  Geo- 
  

   logical 
  Society 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  of 
  Civil 
  Engineers 
  in 
  presenting 
  a 
  

   Memorial, 
  which 
  was 
  most 
  favourably 
  received, 
  and 
  was 
  answered 
  by 
  a 
  

   promise 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  of 
  .£100 
  for 
  every 
  100 
  feet 
  of 
  boring 
  

   that 
  should 
  be 
  accomplished, 
  down 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2000 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  Government 
  Grant 
  (of 
  £1000 
  per 
  annum) 
  continues 
  to 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   pended 
  with 
  satisfactory 
  results. 
  I 
  must 
  refer 
  you 
  to 
  the 
  report 
  which 
  

   will 
  be 
  published 
  in 
  our 
  Proceedings 
  for 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  grants, 
  

   making, 
  however, 
  special 
  allusion 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Klein's 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Anatomy 
  of 
  

   the 
  Lymphatic 
  system, 
  towards 
  which 
  £100 
  from 
  this 
  fund 
  was 
  granted, 
  

   and 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  copies 
  have 
  been 
  distributed 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  advantage 
  

   in 
  this 
  country 
  and 
  abroad. 
  

  

  The 
  Scientific-Relief 
  Fund 
  slowly 
  augments, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   service. 
  It 
  is 
  almost 
  unique 
  among 
  charities 
  in 
  costing 
  nothing 
  in 
  the 
  

   working, 
  and 
  in 
  being 
  inaccessible 
  to 
  direct 
  or 
  indirect 
  canvassing. 
  The 
  

   amount 
  hitherto 
  expended 
  in 
  relief 
  since 
  its 
  establishment 
  has 
  been 
  

   £2240, 
  extended 
  to 
  fifty-two 
  individuals 
  or 
  families. 
  

  

  The 
  Gilchrist 
  Trust. 
  — 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  munificent 
  bequests 
  ever 
  made 
  in 
  

   the 
  interest 
  of 
  science 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Borthwick 
  Gilchrist, 
  a 
  retired 
  

   Indian 
  Medical 
  Officer, 
  well-known 
  as 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Grammar 
  of 
  

   Hindostani.' 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gilchrist 
  was 
  an 
  intimate 
  friend 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Birkbeck, 
  Joseph 
  Hume, 
  

   Sir 
  John 
  Bowring, 
  and 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  advanced 
  liberals 
  of 
  fifty 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   and 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  London 
  University," 
  now 
  

   University 
  College. 
  He 
  died 
  in 
  1841, 
  leaving 
  his 
  large 
  fortune 
  to 
  be 
  de- 
  

   voted, 
  after 
  his 
  wife's 
  death, 
  to 
  " 
  the 
  benefit, 
  advancement, 
  and 
  propaga- 
  

  

  