1889.] Appropriation of the Government Grant. 469 



The following Table shows the progress and present state of the 

 Society with respect to the number of Fellows : — 





Patron 

 and 

 Royal. 



Foreign. 



pounders. 



yearly. 



£3 

 yearly. 



Total. 



Nov. 30, 1888 



5 



49 



182 



160 



127 



523 



Since Elected . . 







+ 2 



+ 1 



+ 13 



+ 16 



Since Deceased . . 





- 2 



- 8 



- 10 



- 1 



- 21 



Nov. 30, 1889 .. 



5 



47 



176 



151 



139 



518 



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. XLV, p. 69). 



1888-89. 



£ 



Dr. R. Stockman and D. B. Dott, for a Research into the 

 Chemical Properties and Physiological Action of Bodies derived 



from some Alkaloids by Substitution or Decomposition 25 



J. V. Jones, for the Measurement of an Electrical Resistance 

 in Absolute Measure by the method of Lorenz 50 



A. P. Laurie, for a Research on the Properties of Alloys 

 tested in Voltaic Cells, and replacing the Zinc Plate therein. . 20 



P. R. Japp, for an Investigation of the Reactions of Ketones, 

 Diketones, and Allied Compounds 75 



A. M. Worthington, for an Investigation into the Tensile 

 Strength of Liquids at different Temperatures, and into the 

 Relation between Stress and Strain in a Stretched Liquid .... 20 



Hon. R. Abercromby, for the Investigation of British 

 Thunderstorms 25 



A. R. Ling, for the Study of the Halogen Derivatives of 

 Quinones ....... 30 



G. T. Moody, for the Investigation of Isomeric Xylene Deri- 

 vatives 25 



Gr. J. Symons, for completing the Collection of British Rain- 

 fall Records for the 17th and 18th Centuries 50 



Carried forward £320 



