| RefNo | MS/547/8/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Sir Clements Markham, 21 Eccleston Square, to [Alfred Bray] Kempe |
| Creator | Markham; Sir; Clements Robert (1830-1916); President of the Royal Geographical Society |
| Recipient | Kempe; Sir; Alfred Bray (1849-1922) |
| Date | [?29 September 1901] |
| Description | [Cyril] Longhurst has informed him that the Joint Committee for the Antarctic Expedition have passed a resolution stating that the Finance Committee must fix George Murray's honorarium for his service to the expedition. £400 was advanced on the understanding Murray would travel as far as Melbourne. Markham suggests the final amount should be £210, about five months' worth of Murray's salary, to cover three months fitting out and two months on the voyage. Markham remembers [John Walter] Gregory's plan to get pendulums from Melbourne, but handed the matter over to [Robert Falcon] Scott in December 1900. Gregory told him later the idea was abandoned, and Scott told him in May that they would borrow pendulums from Kew. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Notes | Letter must post-date John Gregory's letter of 24 September 1901 [see MS/547/5/120]. That was a Tuesday, so the following Sunday would have been 29 September. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7951 | Markham; Sir; Clements Robert (1830 - 1916) | 1830 - 1916 |
| NA6638 | Kempe; Sir; Alfred Bray (1849 - 1922) | 1849 - 1922 |
| NA1021 | Murray; George Robert Milne (1858 - 1911); botanist and algologist | 1858 - 1911 |
| NA1348 | Gregory; John Walter (1864 - 1932); geologist and naturalist | 1864 - 1932 |