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the expense of the Expedition ; and although the oiFer came 

 from Sweden, they might be j^roud of the fact tliat the 

 Baron himself was an Englishman. 



Mr. Dendy suggested that some condition should be 

 attached to the granting of the money. Would it not be 

 possible that the Royal Society should be allowed to nomi- 

 nate a Member of the Expedition in consideration of the 

 grant of £100? 



Mr. Griffiths said that this matter had not been lost 

 sight of by the Antarctic Committee. The Members of the 

 Committee were all fully seized of the desirability of having 

 representatives, and the Royal Society was so strongly 

 represented on the Committee, that he thought it might 

 very safely leave the charge of this matter to tliose who 

 had the Societ^^'s representation in their hands. He felt 

 this more strongly because, if they took the stand suggested 

 by Mr. Dendy, it would virtually amount to the Royal 

 Society saying that by virtue of conti'ibuting £100 out of 

 an expenditure of £20,000, it demanded the right of nomi- 

 nating a representative. If everybody contributing a similar 

 sum could make a like demand, they would have a very 

 good crew. However, it was the intention of the Committee 

 to arrange with Baron Nordenskiold for power to nominate 

 one or two gentlemen. The Committee also hoped to have 

 the power of reserving cabin accommodation for representa- 

 tives of the Press, because an Expedition of this sort ought 

 to have its historian ; the Press of Australia was energetic 

 and he was quite sure it would not like to miss the oppor- 

 tunity of sending a gentleman who would be able to 

 contribute an interesting account, apart from the scientific 

 record. These matters had not been lost sight of, and he 

 thought they should be left in the hands of the portion of 

 the Committee representing the Royal Society. 



Mr. Blackett quite agreed with what Mr. Griffiths had 

 said, as regarded the inconvenience of making the vote 

 conditional, and thought they might leave it to the Antarctic 

 Committee to see that Australia was properly represented. 

 With regard to the offer hy Sir Thomas Elder, liberal as it 

 was, he did not tliink that it should make the Members shut 

 up their purses, either as the Royal Society or private indi- 

 viduals. He thought that not only should the Society give 

 what it could out of the funds, but that the Members should 

 .also make an effort to give something to show their personal 



