| Description | Present at the meeting: Sir Joseph Hooker inthe chair; Mr H B Brady; PRofessor M Foster; the Treasurer
In attendance: Mr Murray
Minutes of last meeting read
Draft Letter to Treasury from the last meeting had been approved by the Council.
Reply to the above letter from the Treasury read, accepting the Society's proposals . [Transcript in the minutes]
Read letter from Professor M Duncan re ' the collections of Echinoidea and Ophiuroidea obtained during the voyages of HMS Porcupine and HMS Lightning and rendering them for study, with letters from F W Fulton and A Agassiz.'
Secretary agreed to write officially to Dr Murray with copies of the correspondence between the Royal Society and the Treasury
' Dr Murray promised to enquire into the matter referred to in Mr Duncan's letter. '
Coopy of letter from Professor M Foster to Dr J Murray of 28 May 1889 transcribed into minutes.
Copy of letter from Mr Murray to Professor M Foster of 3 June 1889 confirming his acceptance of completing the work connected with the Challenger reports under the conditions stted in his letter of 16 March 1889. |