Indian Observatories Committee Memorandum; ' The Indian Observatories Committee consists of the following ex-officio members appointed at the request of the Indian Govenment (see letter from Astronomer Royal To the President of the Royal Society 17 December 1884); The President of the Royal Society, The President of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Astronomer Royal. and the following, nominated by the President of the Royal Society in a letter to the Astronomer Royal of 23 May 1885; Professor J C Adams, Dr Huggins, Professor Stokes, General Strachey, General Walker. ' Meetings held; 1. 20 April 1886 page 1 1886