Description | Attendees: Lord [Joseph] Lister, President of the Royal Society, in the Chair; Professor M [Michael] Foster, Royal Society Secretary; Sir J D [Joseph Dalton] Hooker; Admiral Sir A [Anthony Hiley] Hoskins; Admiral Sir L [Francis Leopold] McClintock; Sir Clements Markham, President of the Royal Geographical Society; Sir John Murray; Professor [Arthur William] Rucker, Royal Society Secretary; Mr P L [Philip Lutley] Sclater; General Sir R [Richard] Strachey.
Items discussed:
12. Sir Clements Markham read a letter from Baron [Ferdinand Freiherr von] Richthofen regarding the German Government's preparations for an Antarctic Expedition.
13. The draft letter asking for aid from the Government was further considered. It was resolved that Sir Clements Markham and Professor Foster should finish the revisions and send it. It was further agreed that a Memorandum on the Scientific and Practical Results of an Antarctic Expedtition should be completed by Professor Rucker and Sir John Murray, and included as an enclosure with the letter.
14. It was resolved that the funds for the National Antarctic Expedition should be deposited at the bank of Messrs Cocks, Biddulph & Co. The Treasurers of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society will be joint Treasurers of the Fund.
15. Sir Clements Markham reported he had approached the Chief Constructor of the Navy to obtain drawings of a suitable ship for the Expedition. It was agreed that a report on the vessel should be presented to the Committee as early as practicable. |