Record

RefNoCMB/9/4
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the "Challenger" Publication Committee
Date5 May 1882
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the President in the chair; Dr Foster; Sir Joseph Hooker; the Treasurer
Mr Murray in attendance

Minutes of last meeting read

Draft letter to the Treasury read by the Junior Secretary

Mr Murray authorised;
1. to transfer the memoior on Crinoids begun by Sir Wyville Thomson, whose plates are nearly prepared on stone, to Mr P H Carpenter
2. to transfer the land mammals, reptiles and insects i globes and unconditionally to the British Museum

Letter of response to the letter from the Treasury of 27 April . [Printed and pasted into minutes. Includes Estimate of the extent of the official scientific reports; and List of memoirs with particulars of payment; ]
Extent10pp
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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