Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Secretary to H.M. Treasury, Whitehall, S.W. Have received a number of applications for presentation of copies of the "Challenger" reports and been considered by the "Challenger" Committee. The Committee recommends that a complete set be presented to the library of the Admiralty at St Petersburg. Regarding the application from the Library of the Faculte des Sciences (Sorbonne) of the Universite of Paris, the Royal Society has also received an application from Yves Delage, Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in the same Faculte. The Committee find that the application from Delage is distinct from that of the Universite transmitted through the French Embassy. The Committee recommend the gift of all volumes still available (except volumes IX, XVIII and XXVIII) to the library of the laboratory of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. This is not a personal gift to Delage but to the library. The library of the Universite should be presented with either a complete set or the volumes remaining in stock outside the reserve. The remaining applications are not important enough and the Committee have arranged them in categories according to the number of copies at present in stock at the Stationery Office, as set in the enclosed list [enclosed (below)- see p135 ]. Applications for copies of the "Challenger" reports arranged according to categories: Cape Town: South African Museum Copenhagen: Danske Biologiske Station Ghent: Natural History Society Helsingfors: Universitetet New York: American Geographical Society Paris: Laboratoire de Zoologie, Anatomie des Sciences Trondhjem: Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Baroda: State Natural History Museum Borneo: The Sarawak Museum Hanover: Deutsche Seefischereiverein Louvain: Institut Zoologique Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society St. Petersburg: Imperial Public Library Seattle: University of Washington State Sheffield: Public Museum Montrose, N.B.: Antiquarian Society Captain Havergal W.J. Spry Brisbane: The Meteorological Department of Queensland Professor Paul Pelseneer Professor Johann Walther Professor Paul Pelseneer 2 March 1898