Appropriation of the Donation Fund. 



145 



B. — Account of Sums granted from the Donation Fund in 1870. 



1 . Mr. Warren De La Rue, for the enlarging of certain Solar 

 Negatives obtained at the Kew Observatory <£ll 11*. 



2. Dr. Carpenter, for the purchase of a specimen of Pentacrinus 

 Caput Medusae 25 



3. Mr. Edward Waller, for the exploration of the Sea-bed on 

 the North-western coast of Ireland by means of the Dredge, in con- 

 tinuation of the researches made last year in H.M.S. 'Porcupine' 100 



4. Mr. J. P. Gassiot, to defray expense of making six prints 

 from the Negatives of Sun-pictures taken at the Kew Observatory 

 during the years 1862-72, with the view of presenting them to the 

 Royal Society, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Imperial Aca- 

 demy of Sciences of Paris and of St. Petersburg, the Royal Aca- 

 demy of Sciences, Berlin, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 



ton (jS120 in two payments) 60 



5. Mr. William Saville Kent, in aid of a Zoological Dredging - 

 expedition in a private yacht off the west coast of Spain and Por- 

 tugal 50 



6. Dr. Bastian, for carrying on certain experiments with a Di- 

 gester capable of sustaining high Temperatures 10 



£256 lis. 



December 8, 1870. 



General Sir EDWARD SABINE, K.C.B., President, in the Chair. 



The President announced that he had appointed the following Members 

 of the Council to be Vice-Presidents : — 



The Treasurer. 



Sir Philip Grey -Eger ton, Bart. 

 Mr. Francis Galton. 

 Dr. Huggins. 



The following communication was read : — 



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