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CMB - Committee minute books of the Royal Society
- 9 - Challenger Publication Committee

RefNo	CMB/9/12
Level	File
Title	Minutes of a meeting of the "Challenger" Publication Committee
Date	2 November 1883
Description	Present at the meeting: the President in the chiar; Professor M Foster; Sir Joseph Hooker; Professor Moseley In attendance: Mr Murray Minutes of the last meeting read Read letter of 21 April 1883 from the Treasury concerning the question of the distribution of the "Challenger " Report, and asks him to reconsider the lists of institutions provided in January and July 1882, in accordance with his comments in his letter.[Letter transcribed into minutes] The Secretary to write to the Treasury asking for further information on the list of names they have been asked to comment on. Reported; 1. Memoir on Reef Corals by Mr Quelch of the British Museum to be added to memoirs already sanctioned 2. Matter of the publication of the photographs of the Expedition [See Minutes of 30 March 1880] discussed and Mr Murray ' instructed to make inquiries as to the best means of issuing the photographs for sale in a form available for the public, without detriment to the vote, and to report thereon to the Committee. '
Extent	3p
Format	Manuscript
AccessStatus	Open

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