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; Sir Clements Markham, President of the Royal Geographical Society; Dr W T [William Thomas] Blanford; Captain E W [Ettrick William] Creak; Sir J [John] Evans; Sir M [Michael] Foster; Sir R V [Richard Vesey] Hamilton; Sir J [Joseph] Hooker; 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; Howard Saunders; Dr P L [Philip Lutley] Sclater; Captain [Thomas Henry] Tizard; Sir William Wharton. Items discussed: Recommendations from the Sub-Committee of Naval Officers were accepted, including that the Joint Committee write a letter of thanks to the Admiralty, that the appointment of expedition officers should be deferred until the leader is appointed, and the appointment of [Robert Falcon] Scott as expedition leader should be accepted. The Admiralty should be informed that Scott's services will be required for expedition matters from July. The expedition commander and Professor [John Walter] Gregory were appointed ex-officio members of committees. 25 May 1900