Printed minutes of a meeting of the Joint Antarctic Committee held at Burlington House Attendees: Lord [Joseph] Lister, President of the Royal Society, in the Chair; Dr W T [William Thomas] Blanford; Major Leonard Darwin; Sir M [Michael] Foster; Professor W A [William Abbott] Herdman; Sir A [Anthony] Hoskins; Mr J F [John Francon] Hughes; Mr A B [Alfred Bray] Kempe; Vice-Admiral Markham; Sir L [Leopold] McClintock; Sir G [George] Nares; Professor E B [Edward Bagnall] Poulton; Professor A W [Arthur William] Rucker; Dr P L [Philip Lutley] Sclater; Howard Saunders; Captain [Thomas Henry] Tizard; Sir William Wharton. Items discussed: 1. A contract has been entered into with the Dundee Shipbuilders' Company Limited to build a vessel. 2. The Treasury were prepared to offer one quarter of the total funds promised by the Government as a grant in 1900. The Treasurers were authorised to pay costs for the ship. Professor [John] Gregory was appointed head of the civilian scientific staff, and was to be informed by telegraph. 14 February 1900