| Description | Present at the meeting: Sir Archibald Geikie in the chair; Lord Lister, President of the Royal Society; Professor Herdman; Professor Maldola; Mr G Murray
Read minute of Council appointing the Committee on 3 November 1898
Read a letter from the International Geological Congress signed by the President and the Secretary, which was in French [Included as part of the minutes]
Resolved;
1. That the establishment of such an Observatory as contemplated is very desirable
Agreed, after discussion of the advantages of one international ship or a small ship from each country working simultaneously over definite areas prescribed by an International Committee, that private vessels, equipped privately, if possible with financial assistance from Government, would be preferable to a Government vessel.
Agreed, in view of the importance of comparative simultaneous observations, that it was desirable that there should be separate small national ships rather than one large international ship.
2. Professor Herdman and Mr Murray to make enquiries as to suitable kinds of ships and probable cost, and report to the Committee at a later meeting.
The Chairman to ascertain privately the views of other nations in the matter, and especially how such a plan as the above would be received in Russia.
Aagreed - meetings of the Committee should be held on Council Thursdays at 1.30 pm, and that the next meeting be summoned for 19 January at 1.30 pm. |