396 



Appropriation of the Government Grant. [Nov. 30, 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of £4,000 (the Govern- 

 ment Grant) annually voted by Parliament to the Royal 

 Society, to be employed in aiding the advancement of 



Science (continued from Vol. XXXIX, p. 310). 

 1885-86. 



£ 



Dr. D. Gill, for continuing the daily photographs of the 

 Corona, and Star-charts of the Southern Hemisphere by direct 

 photography 300 



H, B. Dixon, for apparatus and assistance in experimenting 

 on the Explosion of Gases 100 



H. Tomlinson, for apparatus used in an investigation of 

 the Influence of Stress and Strain on the Physical Properties 

 of Matter, 50 



Prof. W. N". Hartley, for assistance and appliances to be 

 used in continuing Researches on the Application of Spectrum- 

 photography to Quantitative Chemical Analysis 100 



Prof. C. Lap worth, for aiding in collecting and studying the 

 Graptolites of Wales and the West of England 50 



Dr. Wooldridge, for a research on the Physiology and 

 Pathology of Blood 35 



F. Gotch, for investigation of the physiological Properties and 

 anatomical Structure of the electrical organ of Malapterurus 

 electricus , * 75 



A Committee of the Royal Irish Academy, for Dredging 

 operations off the SW. Coast of Ireland 100 



Dr. W. R. Dunstan, for investigation of the physiological 

 Properties of the glucoside Loganin which occurs in Strychnos 

 nux-vomica 75 



Dr. F. R. Japp, for an investigation of the reactions of 

 Ketones, Diketones, and allied compounds , 75 



Prof. Humpidge, for apparatus to continue a Research on 

 the Specific Heats of the Solid Elements in the pure state and 

 at varying temperatures 50 



Prof. Humpidge, for his Research on Metallic Glucinum. ... 12 



W. E. Adeney, for completion of the work of determining 

 the Wave-lengfchs and Mapping the Lines of the Ultra-violet 

 Spark-spectra of Nickel, Cobalt, Palladium, Gold, and 

 Platinum 50 



The Scottish Meteorological Society, for an investigation on 

 Sea-temperature, and a discussion of observations from 1855 to 

 present time . e 50 



Carried forward, 



£1,122 



