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Botany. 



25/. For experimental Researehes on the Growth of Plarits, under glass 

 and excluded from air, according to the plan of Mr. Ward; under 

 the direction of Dr. Dalton, Dr. Daubeny, Rev. James Yates, 

 and Prof. Henslow, who will act as Secretary. 



Medical Science. 



50/. Renewed grant to the Committees appointed to investigate the 

 subject of the Anatomical Relations of the Absorbents and Veins. 



50/. Renewed grant to the Committees appointed to investigate the 

 Motions and Sounds of the Heart. 



25/. For Researches into the Chemical Composition of Secreting Or- 

 gans ; under the direction of Dr. Hodgkin, Dr. Roget, Dr. G. 0. 

 Rees, and Dr. Turner. 



25/. For Investigations on the Physiological Influence of Cold on Man 

 and Animals in the Arctic Regions ; at the disposal of Mr. King. 



25/. Renewed grant for the Investigation of the Effects of Poisons on 

 the Animal Economy ; under the direction of Dr. Roupell and 

 Dr. Hodgkin. J 



25/. Renewed grant to the Committee formerly appointed to investi- 

 gate the Pathology of the Brain and Nervous System. Of this 

 Committee Dr. O'Beirne has been requested to act as Secretary. 



25/. For Llvestigations on the Physiology of the Spinal Nerves ; under 

 the direction of Mr. S. D. Broughton, Mr. E. Cock, and Dr. 

 Sharpey. 



Statistics* 



150/. For Inquiries into the actual State of Schools in England, consi- 

 dered merely as to numerical analysis ; under the direction of 

 Mr. Hallam, Mr. Porter, and Col. Sykes. 



Mechanical Science. 



50/. Renewed grant for an Analysis of the Reports of the Duty of 

 Steam-Engines in Cornwall ; under the direction of Mr. Cubitt, 

 Mr. J. Rennie, and Mr. John Taylor.— -Phil. Mag. No. 54, Oct. 

 183G— p. 312, 314. 



