Professors Albert Heim, Gabriel Lippmann, G. Mittag-Leffier, and G. Schiaparelli were, at the meeting on the 26th of November, balloted for and elected Foreign Members of the Society.
The following Table shows the progress and present state of the Society with respect to the number of Fellows :—
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Patron and Boyal. Foreign. Compounders. £4 yearly. £3 yearly. Total. Nov. 30, 1895 . . r f 1 41 141 112 200 498 Since Elected Since Compounded + 9 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 13 - 1 + 25 Since Deceased .. Withdrawn - 5 - 6 - 10 — 1 — 3 . - 24 - 1 Nov. 30, 1896 .; . 4 45 138 t*-* _____ 1 209 498
Account of Grants from the Donation Fund in 1895-96.
Dr. Gamgee, in aid of his Researches on the Behaviour of Haemoglobin, &c., toward Ultra-violet Rays........... .. 50 0 0 Coral Reef Committee, towards the Purchase of Diamonds for Boring a Coral Atoll in the Pacific Ocean .... 150 0 0 Dr. M. Foster, for Dr. W. Poole, Medical Officer of the British Central African Protectorate, for the Purchase of a Microscope to aid him in his Researches ...................... 21 2 11 Sir A. Geikie, in aid of Mr. Reid’s Geological Borings at Hoxne.............. ................................... -.................................. 30 0 0 Sir A. Geikie, to assist him in Excavations at Hitchin 50 0 0 Profs. Fleming and Dewar, in aid of their Researches on the Diamagnetic qualities of Metals at Low Temperatures 50 0 0 Prof. Burdon Sanderson, in aid of his Investigations in relation to Tuberculin ................... ..................... 60 0 0 Dr. Vaughan Harley, in further aid of his Researches on Absorption from the Alimentary Canal ...................... 25 0 0 Dr. J. G. Stoney, for Calculations of the Positions of the November Meteors............. 15 0 0 Professor Sherrington, to aid him in his Researches on the Nervous System................................... 50 0 0 Marine Biological Association, towards the Purchase of a Steam Yacht for trawling .............................. 100 0 0 £601 2 11
