Printed minutes of a meeting of the Antarctic Committee Attendees: Lord [Joseph] Lister, President of the Royal Society, in the Chair; Professor [Michael] Foster, Royal Society Secretary; Sir J D [Joseph Dalton] Hooker; Admiral Sir A H [Anthony Hiley] Hoskins; Admiral Sir L [Francis Leopold] McClintock; Sir C [Clements] Markham; Sir J [John] Murray. Items discussed: 7. Sir Clements Markham reported a donation of £25,000 from Mr Llewellyn W [Wood] Longstaff towards the Expedition, and that the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York had agreed to act as Patrons. The expedition fund now amounts to £40,000. 8. A draft of a letter to the Lords of the Admiralty was laid before the Committee. 9. A rough estimate of the probable expedition expenditure was made, the total amounting to £80,000. The minutes include an itemised table of costs. 10. It was resolved that the President of the Royal Society and the President of the Royal Geographical Society should request a meeting with Mr A J [Arthur James] Balfour to discuss the subject. Sir John Murray and Professor [Arthur William] Rucker should also attend the meeting. Further action on the draft letter was postponed. 11. It was resolved that a letter should be sent to Baron [Ferdinand Freiherr] von Richthofen, officially informing him about the English expedition and requesting information about the German expedition, and to suggest a Conference to arrange for cooperation between the expeditions. 19 April 1899