Letter from [Edwin] Ray Lankester, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, to [Sir Michael] Foster, [Secretary of the Royal Society] Writing in capacity of Chairman of the Zoology Committee in relation to George Robert Milne Murray's application for a grant towards expenses of an expedition exploring intermediate depths of the ocean. Informs that Committee is not prepared to grant the money. Includes a copy of the same letter signed by Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, Chairman of the Botany Committee. 14 June 1898