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A COPY of the year-book for 1915 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington has reached us. As usual, the bulky volume, which this year runs to 429 pages, contains not only detailed particulars of the large amount of scientific research carried out under the auspices of the institution, but full information of the income and expenditure of the corporation. The total financial receipts for the year 1915 amounted to 243,000l., bringing up the grand total received since the inauguration of the institution in 1902 to 2,331,300l. The expenditure during 1915 may be summarised as follows:o-Investments in bonds, 41,240l.; large projects, 154,100l.; minor and special projects, research associates and assistants, 21,914l.; publications, 9340l.; and administration, 9645l. The following list shows the departments of investigation to which the larger grants were made and the amounts allotted during the year:—
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Reports of Carnegie Foundations . Nature 97, 48 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097048a0
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