346 SCOTT'S LAST “EXPEDITION 
with the further aid of the Lord Mayor, Lord Curzon of Kedle- 
ston, President of the Royal Geographical Society, the Hon. 
Harry Lawson, and Alderman and Sheriff Cooper; while Sir 
William Soulsby, Secretary to the Lord Mayor, was indefati- 
gable over the heavy business in connection with the national 
fund. These funds were supplemented by a Treasury grant for 
the dependents of those who had lost their lives in the service of 
the country. Such was the response of the country and the Goy- 
ernment to the appeal, that Captain Scott’s dying wish has been 
amply fulfilled. The Expedition has discharged its liabilities; the 
dependents of the dead are well provided for; the scientific re- 
sults are to be fully worked out and published under the auspices 
of the British Museum. His Majesty the King received at Buck- 
ingham Palace all the members of the Expedition who were in 
the country, and conferred upon all the Antarctic medal, while 
officers and men of the Royal Navy have had special promotion; 
and the Second-in-Command, Commander Evans, has been given 
the honour of C.B. The record is one of public munificence and 
personal friendship which, could they but have known it, would 
have greatly lessened the last cares of the Southern Party as 
they awaited their lonely end. 
