Minutes of meeting Present; Dr Hooker in the Chair, Professor Huxley, Mr Sclater Arangements for passage discussed, including letters from the Lords of the Admiralty and the Lords of the Treasury concerning arrangements for the naturalists Messers Balfour, Gulliver, Slater and Eaton to receive advances on salaries. Letters read from Mr Gulliver and Mr Slater [contents not given] Mr Gullivers request for the British Museums Catalogue of Fishes and Animals refused. Mr Slater to report himself to Colonial Secretary in Mauritius for instructions regarding implements and labour. 11 June 1874