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110 NOTES BY THE WAY.

1892, January 2nd (Marquis of Salisbury).

Widow of Dr. Philip Herbert Carpenter.

MRS. CAROLINE EMMA CARPENTER.

"In consideration of the services rendered by her late husband, Dr. Philip Herbert Carpenter, F.R.S., to science, and of the sad circumstances in which she has been left by his death. 100l."

Rev. Philip Herbert Carpenter, born at Bristol 1819. Died at Montreal 24th of May, 1877. Bought a vast collection of fourteen tons of shells in Liverpool for 50l., 1855. A full report on these occupies 209 pages of the British Association Report for 1856 ('Modern English Biography,' by F. Boase, 1892).

1892, January 2nd (Marquis of Salisbury).

Dr. George Gore.

DR. GEORGE GORE, F.R.S.

"In consideration of his services to chemical and physical science. 150l."

Born 1826 at Bristol; entirely self-educated after the age of twelve; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1865; LL.D. of Edinburgh, 1877; chief subjects electro-chemistry, electro-metallugy [sic], and chemistry ('Men and Women of the Time').

1892, June 20th (Marquis of Salisbury).

Widow of G. T. Bettany

MRS. JEANIE GWYNNE BETTANY (now KERNAHAN).

"In consideration of the services rendered to the spread of scientific knowledge by the numerous writings of her husband, the late Mr. G. T. Bettany, M.A., and of her destitute condition. 50l."

The Athenaeum, December 5th, 1891; Sonnenschein's 'The Best Books.'

1894, June 19th (Earl of Rosebery).

John Beattie Crozier.

MR. JOHN BEATTIE CROZIER.

"In consideration of his philosophical writings and researches. 50l."

1898, April 29th (Marquis of Salisbury).

Second grant. 50l. Sonnenschein's 'The Best Books.'

Samuel Alfred Varley.

1894, June 19th (Earl of Rosebery).

MR. SAMUEL ALFRED VARLEY.

"In consideration of his services to electrical science. 50l."

1896, June 2nd (Marquis of Salisbury).

Second grant, 50l.