Brought forward W. H. Perkin, jun., for an Investigation into the Constitution of Camphoric and Allied Acid .... Dr. Tilden, towards defraying Expenses incurred in a Systematic Examination of the Action of Nitrosyl Chloride upon Carbon Compounds.... H. B. Baker, for the Full Investigation of the Influence of Moisture on Various Types of Chemical Actions .... Dr. Japp, for an Investigation of the Reactions of Ketones, Diketones, and Allied Compounds..... S. F. Dufton, for a Research on the Hydrazines of Quinoline E. P. Perman, for Continuation of a Research on Vapour Density...... W. A. Shenstone, for Continuing the Investigation of the Influence of Silent Discharge of Electricity on Oxygen and other Gases G. T. Moody, for the Study of Phenanthrene F. S. Kipping, for the Preparation and Study of Cyclic Keto-derivatives, more especially those of Interest in relation to Camphor.... The Pharmacological Committee (per Prof. Dunstan), for Pharmacological Investigations with Chemically Pure Substances of Ascertained Composition ... J. T. Hewitt, for a Research on Ortho-substituted Phenyl-hydrazines... C. Davison, for the Investigation of British Earthquakes... J. H. Cooke, for an Investigation of the Nature, Distribution and Fauna of the Pleistocene Deposits of the Maltese Islands.... Herbert Bolton, for an Investigation into the Age, Stratigraphy, and possible Fossil Contents of the Skiddaw Slates of the Isle of Man..... R. Kidston, to Work out the Vertical and Horizontal Distribution of the British Carboniferous Flora G. F. Scott-Elliot, for an Expedition to Investigate the Flora, Fauna, and Geology of Tanganyika, Uganda, &c...... 200 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 700 0 0 Bahamas Committee (per W. T. T. Dyer), for the Botanical Exploration of the Bahamas 150 0 0 West India Committee (per G. Murray), to continue the Work of the Joint Committee of the Royal Society and British Association for the Exploration of the Natural History of the West India Islands .... Liverpool Marine Biology Committee (per W. Herdman), for the further Exploration of the British Marine Fauna, especially in the neighbourhood of Liverpool and the shores of the Isle of Man .... 100 0 0 50 0 0 E. J. Allen, for a Research on the Later Stages in the Development of Decapod Crustacea 200 0 0 200 0 0 .... 20 0 0 Sandwich Islands Committee (per Dr. Sharp), for the Investigation of the Fauna of the Hawaiian Islands.. Prof. J. R. Ainsworth Davis, for a Research on the Locality Sense" in Patella vulgata E. J. Bles, for further Research on the Marine Floating Organisms of the British Seas, and the effect of Changes of Environment on their Distribution........ Dr. A. B. Harris, for the Investigation of Oxidation and Reduction Processes in Animals under various Pathological Conditions... 50 0 0 20 0 0 W. M. Bayliss, on the Nature of the Action of the Vasomotor Centre..... 40 0 0 C. A. Ballance and S. Shattock, for a Research on the Intimate Pathology of Cancer.. 50 0 0 .... Dr. E. H. Starling, for a Research on the Physiology of Lymph Secretion 50 0 0 Dr. A. E. Garrod, for further Research on certain of the Urinary Pigments, and other Allied Investigations... Prof. P. F. Frankland, for Continuation of Researches on the Chemical Changes induced by Specific Microorganisms .... C. S. Sherrington, for the Examination of the Actions and the Topography of Reflex and Automatic Centres in the Lower Half of the Spinal Cord....... 20 0 0 125 0 0 50 0 0 W. G. Spencer, for a Research on the Central Innervation of the Respiration and Circulation in connexion with Increased Intra-cranial Pressure, &c. ... 75 0 0 Prof. W. D. Halliburton, for Researches on (1) Intravascular Coagulation (2) the Nutrition value of Hæmo Dr. Copeman, for further Aid in Researches on the Bacteriology of Vaccine Lymph .... Joint Eclipse Committee, towards excess of Expenditure over Estimates. £ 8. d. 3,670 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Report of the Incorporated Kew Committee for the Year ending December 31, 1893. The operations of The Kew Observatory, in the Old Deer Park, Richmond, Surrey, are controlled by the Incorporated Kew Committee, which is constituted as follows: Mr. F. Galton, Chairman. Captain W. de W. Abney, C.B., | Prof. A. W. Rücker. Admiral Sir G. H. Richards, Captain W. J. L. Wharton, On February 9 the Kew Committee became registered under the Companies Acts, 1862 and 1867, as the "Incorporated Kew Committee of the Royal Society." The Memorandum and Articles of Association are given in Appendix A. It is with deep regret that the Committee have to report the decease of the late Superintendent of the Observatory, Mr. G. M. Whipple, B.Sc., which occurred on the 8th of February, after a serious illness of more than seven months. He had been connected with the Observatory in various capacities for thirty-four years, and had filled the office of Superintendent since 1876. Under his efficient management the work at the Observatory had been largely augmented in amount and variety, and the funds at its disposal for purchase of apparatus and extension of its premises had steadily increased. Mr. Whipple was the author of numerous papers on Meteorological and other subjects connected with the work of the Observatory, which appeared in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society,' the 'Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society,' and other scientific publications. |