Minutes of a meeting of the "Challenger" Publication Committee Present at the meeting: Sir Joseph Hooker in the chair; Professor M Foster; Professor Huxley; the Treasurer In attendance: Mr John Murray Minutes of last meeting read Letter from the Treasury of 7 June 1886 No. 9172 concerning the Annual Report and the need to have both at he beginning of the year to include in estimates to be submitted to Parliament Discussion after statement by Mr Murray, and letter then drafted to Mr Murray asking him in accordance with Treasury wishes to make his next report early in January 1887 16 December 1886