Copy letter from [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the H. M. Treasury Contains reference 10260/81 belonging to the Treasury. Informs that the following individuals have been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Transit of Venus Observations 1882. The President [William Spottiswoode] Porf. [John Couch] Adams Sir. [George Biddell] Airy Mr. [John Russell] Hind Sir. [George Henry] Richards Prof. [Henry John Stephen] Smith Mr. [Edward James] Stone 17 June 1881