Letter from Dr [Adolphe] Hirsch, Association Géodésique Internationale, Neuchâtel, to the Secretary of the Royal Society Has been informed by the Chancellry of Germany of the appointmenf of the British delegate to the International Geodetic Society as well as the nation's intention to appoint a delegate to the Standing committee. Gives detailed information and answers specific questions, requested and previously asked by the President and Council of the Royal Society, on the obligations of the incumbent, and refers to attached documents [enclosures present], titled 'Nouvelle Convention Géodésique Internationale' and 'Neue Uebereinkunft der Internationalen Erdmessung'. 8 January 1898