Record

RefNoCMB/2/32/3
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of meeting
Date10 August 1881
DescriptionPresent at the meeting of the Challenger Publication Committee: William Spottiswoode, President, in the Chair; Sir J Hooker; Sir John Evans, Treasurer; Professor Huxley; Professor Williamson

Minutes of meeting of 13 July 1881 read and confirmed.

Read;
Leter from the Treasurey
2. Letter from the Stationery Office with inclosuresfrom Sir Wyville Thomson addresssed to the Secretary
3. Letter from Sir Wyville Thomson of 8 August addressed to the PResident.

Committee agreed to the Report which the Secretary was directed to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Report written out in full as part of these minutes, and includes a list of 51 institutions for gifts of the 'Challenger' Publications to be sent to the Treasury.
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/427/125
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