| Description | Committee appointed by Minute of Council of 26 October 1871, where it was resolved;
' That a Committee be appointed to consider the plan of operations it would be advisable to follow in the proposed [circumnavigation] Expedition, the staff of scientific superintendents and assistants to be employed and the different provisions and arrangements to be made, with an estimate of the probable expense, and to submit to the Council for approval a scheme which might be laid before H.M. Govenment, if the Council see fit, at as early a period as may be convenient. The Committee to consist of the President and Officers of the Royal Society, Dr Carpenter, Dr Frankland, Dr Hooker, Professor Huxley, the Hedrographer of the Admiralty, Mr Gwyn Jeffreys, Mr Siemens, Sir William Thomson, Dr Wyville Thomson, and Dr Williamson, with power to add to their number '.
Meetings held;
1. 10 November 1871 - page 24
2. 30 November 1871 - page 25
3. 4 April 1872 - page 29
4. 12 April 1872 - page 30
5. 30 May 1872 - page 32
6. 15 June 1872 - page 33
7. 17 October 1872 - page 35
8. 25 October 1872 - page 37
9.. 6 November 1872 - page 37
10. 11 June 1874 - page 46 |