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APPENDIX A. 
Oficial Documents and Official Accounts of Preliminary Pro- 
ceedings in connection with the Explorations in H.M. Sur- 
veying-vessel ‘ Porcupine, during the Summer of 1869.— 
Extracts from the Minutes of the Council of the Royal Society, 
setting forth the origin of the ‘ Porcupine’ Expedition, and 
the oljects which it was designed to carry out :— 
January 21, 1869. 
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The Preliminary Report of the Dredging Operations conducted 
by Drs. Carpenter and Wyville Thomson (in the ‘ Lightning’) 
having been considered, it was 
Resolved,— That, looking to the valuable results obtained from 
these Marine Researches, restricted in scope as they have 
been in a first trial, the President and Council consider it 
most desirable, with a view to the advancement of Zoology 
and other branches of science, that the exploration should 
be renewed in the course of the ensuing summer, and 
carried over a wider area; and that the aid of Her 
“  Majesty’s Government, so liberally afforded last year, be 
again requested in furtherance of the undertaking. 
Resolved,—That a Committee be appointed to report to the 
Council on the measures it will be advisable to take in 
order to carry the foregoing resolution most advantageously 
into effect. The Committee to consist of the President 
and Officers, with Dr. Carpenter, Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys, and 
Captain Richards. 
February 18, 1869. 
Read the following Report of the Committee on Marine 
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Researches :— 
