Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to E.R. Darnley Esq. of the Colonial Office Informs Mr E.R. Darnley that having looked through the minutes of the Council, finds the details for the Challenger Expedition were planned out by the Circumnativation Committee of 1870. Includes a list of members of the Committee. Also includes a request to the Council to form another small committee to advise on the subject. 17 May 1923