Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Purposes by the General Committee at the Bristol Meeting in September 1876. The names of the Members who would be entitled to call on the General Treasurer for the respective Grants are prefixed. Mathematics and Physics. *Everett, Professor.--Underground Temperature... *Stokes, Professor.-Reflective Power of Silver and other Substances (renewed) .... Thomson, Sir William.-Measurement of the Lunar Disturbance of Gravity *Tait, Professor.-Thermo-Electricity (renewed) *Cayley, Professor.-Publication of Tables of Elliptic Functions *Joule, Dr.-Determination of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat.... *Glaisher, Mr. J.-Luminous Meteors Forbes, Prof. G.-Observation of Atmospheric Electricity in Chemistry. .... *Allen, Mr.-Estimation of Potash and Phosphoric Acid *Armstrong, Dr.-Isomeric Cresols and the Law of Substitution 20 0 0 ... Hartley, Mr. W. N.-Double Compounds of Cobalt and Nickel Hartley, W. N.-Liquid Carbonic Acid in Minerals. Geology. *Evans, Mr. J.-Kent's Cavern Exploration *Lubbock, Sir J., Bart.-Exploration of Victoria Cave, Settle.. *Evans, Mr. J.-Record of the Progress of Geology Hull, Professor.-Underground Waters in the New Red Sand stone.... *Herschel, Professor.-Thermal Conductivities of Rocks.. *Bryce, Dr.-Earthquakes in Scotland..... Topley, Mr.-Sub-Wealden Epxloration Carried forward.... .£1100 0 * Reappointed. Brought forward Biology. .£1100 0 0 Gamgee, Prof.-Physiological Action of Ortho-, Pyro-, and Hooker, Dr.-Report on the Family of the Dipterocarpeæ Statistics and Economic Science. *Farr, Dr.-Anthropometric Committee (partly renewed) .... *Hubbard, Right Hon. J. G.-Common Measure of Value in Direct Taxation Mechanics. *Froude, Mr. W.-Instruments for Measuring the Speed of Ships (partly renewed) Thomson, Sir William.-Secular Experiments on the Elasticity of Wires 50 0 0 100 0 Total....£1620 0 0 * Reappointed. The Annual Meeting in 1877. The Meeting at Plymouth will commence on Wednesday, August 15, 1877. Place of Meeting in 1878. The Annual Meeting of the Association in 1878 will be held at Dublin. General Statement of Sums which have been paid on Account of Grants for Scientific Purposes. British Fossil Ichthyology £ s. d. 0 0 50 0 00.0 Stars in R.A.S. Catalogue......... Animal Secretions....... 17 1 9 13 15 0 Gases on Solar Spectrum 60 0 Steam-engines in Cornwall Atmospheric Air Cast and Wrought Iron............ Hourly Meteorological Observa 16 40 3 22 6 16 10 10 50 1 tions, Inverness and Kingussie 49 £434 14 0 Fossil Reptiles 118 1837. Mining Statistics 50 Anomalous Tides, Frith of Forth 120 0 0 ciation Catalogue of Stars...... 35 0 0 Observations on Tides on the East coast of Scotland 100 0 0 tions at Kingussie and Inverness 77 12 8 Revision of the Nomenclature of Meteorological Observations at Plymouth Whewell's Meteorological Anemometer at Plymouth ....1842 55 0 0 Maintaining the Establishment in Kew Observatory .............................. 117 17 10 0 0 Instruments for KewObservatory 56 7 Stars 2 9 Computation of the Gaussian 500 Maintaining the Establishment at 15 17 6 Strength of Materials the Lower Tertiary Strata 100 0 0 Examination of Fossil Shells.... Registering the Shocks of Earthquakes Radiata and Mollusca of the Egean and Red Seas......1842 100 Geographical Distributions of Marine Zoology ......1842 10 0 0 Anemometers' Repairs 1844 2 15 10 10 0 0 Vitality of Seeds ...1842 23 11 10 Vitality of Seeds 20 0 0 Marine Zoology of Cornwall...... 0 0 Exotic Anoplura ..... 25 8 19 3 1844 7 6 3 Marine Zoology of Devon and Marine Zoology of Corfu Experiments on the Vitality of Experiments on the Vitality of ............ 100 0 Completing Experiments on the Forms of Ships. Inquiries into Asphyxia Investigations on the Internal 300 1847. 100 0 0 Constitution of Metals ......... 50 0 Constant Indicator and Morin's ་ Computation of the Gaussian Constants for 1829 Physiological Action of Medicines 20 0 Marine Zoology of Cornwall...... 0 10 0 0 Atmospheric Waves Vitality of Seeds |