Transit of Venus Committee Committee appointed by resolution of Council on 20 January 1881 following a letter from the Treasury 18 January 1881 asking the Society to appoint a Committee 'to take the subject of this correspondence into consideration, with a view to submit to the Treasury a statement of the details necessary to effect the observation of the transit, together with a careful estimate of the expense. ' Meetings held: 1. 24 January 1812 24 January 1881