Letter from Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Science and Art Department, South Kensington, to J D [Joseph Dalton] Hooker, [President of the Royal Society] Regarding the current process of distributing grant money through the Government Grant Committee. It has been proposed to extend this government aid by payment of an additional £4,000 for personal allowances during scientific investigations in some cases. Ex-officio members of the committee are suggested to be the presidents of multiple learned societies and institutions. 29 April 1876