| Description | Attendees: Lord [Joseph] Lister, President of the Royal Society, in the Chair; Sir Clements Markham, President of the Royal Geographical Society; Dr W T [William Thomas] Blanford; Captain [Ettrick William] Creak; Major L [Leonard] Darwin, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society; Captain Field; Sir Michael Foster, Royal Society Secretary; Sir Archibald Geikie; Sir Joseph Hooker; Sir Anthony Hoskins; Mr J F [John Francon] Hughes, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society; Mr A B [Alfred Bray] Kempe, Treasurer of the Royal Society; Sir John Murray; Sir George Nares; Professor A W [Arthur William] Rucker, Royal Society Secretary; Sir William Wharton.
Items discussed:
1. The first paragraph of Sir Clements Markham's resolution was adopted with some amendments.
2. The Joint Committee has appointed an Executive Committee consisting of Sir Clements Markham, Sir R [Richard] Vesey Hamilton, Captain [Thomas Henry] Tizard, and Professor [Edward Bagnall] Poulton.
3. Some alterations to the Memorandum concerning the Executive Committee were discussed.
4. Recommended that members of the Executive Committee are ex-officio members of the Joint Committee. |