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fessor Oldham, and Professor Lloyd, be appointed lor tlic purpose of con¬ 
structing a self-registering instrument for observing the Transit and I)imcn- 
sions of Earthquake-waves, and for setting the same systematically at work 
at Dublin, or at such other station as may be desirable, with a grant of £ jO. 
ZOOLOGY AKD BOTANY. 
That the Committee, consisting of Mr. Hugh K. Strickland, Dr. Daubeny, 
Professor Lindley and Professor Hendow, be requested to continue their 
experiments on the Vitality of Seeds, with a grant of £J0. 
That Dr. Lankester, Professor Owen and Mr. Richard Taylor, be requested 
to continue the superintendence of the publication of tabular forms in refe¬ 
rence to the Periodical Phajnomena of Animals and Vegetables, with a 
renewed grant of £10. 
1 hat a Committee, consisting of Mr. Spence and Mr. T. V. Wollaston, he 
requested to aid Mr. G. Newport in preparing his Report (requeited f»r last 
year) on the Scorpionidae and Tracheary Arachnida% with a grant of CIO. 
lhat Professor E. Forbes, Mr. Goodsir, Mr. Patterson, .Mr. I'hoinpaon, 
Mr. Ball, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Couch, Professor Allman, Mr. M'.\ndrew, Mr. 
Alder, Mr. Hope and Captain Portlock, be requested to continue their inves¬ 
tigations into tiie Marine Zoology of Britain by means of the dredge, with a 
grant of £ 10 . a j 6 
That Dr.Carpenters Report on Microscopic Textures be illustiatcd by 
Uates, not exceeding twenty in number. 
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Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Objects by the 
General Committee at the Oxford Mec.tiny, June 1847 , icith the 
Name of the Member^ who, alone or as the First of a Committee, it 
entitled to draw for the Money. 
Kav Observatory- £ s. d. 
At the disposal of the Council for maintaining the establishment 
at the Kew Observatory ... 150 0 0 
Mathematical and Physical Science. 
PmvEU, Prof.—Observation Papers for the Annular Eclipse.. t 
Bist, W. R.— On Atmospheric Waves. ... 3 
Chemical Science. 
Percy, Dr.—On Crystalline Slags, &c... 20 
ScHDNcK, Dr.—On Colouring Matters ... 5 
Geology. 
Be la Beche, Sir H. T.—Influence of Carbonic Acid on Vegc- 
tation of Plants, &c. ..*. 
Mallet, R.—Instrument for registering Earthquake Shocks. 50 
Natural History. 
SxRicELAND, H. E.—Vitality of Seeds.. 
liANKESTER, Dr. — Periodical Phenomena of Animals and Vege¬ 
tables .... • • • 
Spence, W.—Report on Scorpionidee and Aruchnidm ... 
PoRBEs, Prof. E.—Dredging Committee .... 
Total of Grants. . £29()_1^ 9 
Dr. Carpenter’s Report on Microscopic Textures, to be illuiiratL-d by 
Plates, not exceeding Twenty in number. 
1847. « 
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