| Description | Present at the meeting of the Circumpolar Committee: William Spottiswoode, President, in the Chair; Dr M Foster; Dr RAe; Mr Scott; Professor Stokes; Sir Jon Evans, Treasurer
Copy of letter to Sir John A Macdonald, KCB, and one to Eden Colviel Esq. Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the reply of the Secretary presented by Mr Scott
Letter from CAptain Abney in asnwer to inquiries as to a suitable chief observer read by Professor Stokes
Several applicatins presented by Mr Scott.
Enquiries as to what magnetic and meteorological instruments were available either at Meteorological Office, or a tKew Observatory, undertaken by Mr Scott, also a list for enty on the Minutes. |