| Description | Attendees: Sir Leopold McClintock, in the Chair; Dr W T [William Thomas] Blanford; J Y [John Young] Buchanan; Captain [Ettrick William] Creak; Major Leonard Darwin; Sir John Evans; Captain Field; Sir Archibald Geikie; Sir Joseph Hooker; Mr J F [John Francon] Hughes; Mr A B [Alfred Bray] Kempe; Vice-Admiral Markham; Sir George Nares; Professor E B [Edward Bagnall] Poulton; Professor A W [Arthur William] Rucker; Howard Saunders; Captain [Thomas Henry] Tizard; Sir William Wharton.
Items discussed:
1. Report from the Ship Sub-Committee concerning alterations made to reduce the cost of the proposed vessel.
2. Telegram from the Dundee Shipbuilders' Company Limited relating to delays to the plans and tender for the vessel.
3. Despite the absence of Sir Clements Markham due to illness, it was considered that the tender should be accepted as soon as possible.
4. The Executive Committee will accept the tender as soon as the Treasury have confirmed they are satisfied.
5. The Executive Committee were asked to consider applying for the first installement of the Government Grant for 1900.
6. The Executive Committee were tasked with consulting the Treasury on various grant matters. |