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searches most essential to make •, phenomena to be observed ; 

 the subjects of natural history most desirable to be procured ; 

 and to obtain all such information as may tend to the extension 

 of our geographical knowledge. And it is hoped that the So- 

 ciety may ultimately be enabled, from its funds, to render pe- 

 cuniary assistance to such travellers as may require it, in order 

 to facilitate the attainment of some particular object of research. 

 5. To correspond with similar societies that may be established 

 in different parts of the world ; with foreign individuals engaged 

 in geographical pursuits, and with the most intelligent British 

 residents in the various remote settlements of the Empire. 6. 

 To open a communication with all those philosophical and li- 

 terary societies with which Geography is connected ; for as all 

 are fellow-labourers in the difFerent'departments of the same vine- 

 yard, their united effbi'ts cannot fail mutually to assist each 

 other. 7. And lastly, in order to induce men of eminence and 

 ability in every branch of Science, Literature, and the Arts, 

 and in particular those who have travdled by sea and by land, 

 and all such as are skilled in geographical knowledge, and 

 likely to become useful and efficient members, it was suggested 

 that the admission fee and annual contribution should be on as 

 moderate a scale, as, with the number of subscribers calculated 

 upon, would be sufficient to enable the Society to fulfil the im- 

 portant objects herein alluded to. 



The meeting then proceeded to nominate the following gentle- 

 men as a Provisional Committee, to draw up certain leading 

 principles, as the groundwork on which such a society may be 

 established. 



The Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone. 

 Lieut-General Sir Thomas Macdou- 



gal Brisbane, K. C. B. 

 Sir Arthur De Capell Brooke, Bart. 

 John Cam Hobhouse, Esq., M. P. 

 llobert William Hay, Esq. 

 Colonel Leake, 

 llobert Brown, Esq. 

 Captain Beaufort, R. N. 

 Captain Basil Hall, E.N. 

 Major The Hon. George Kcppell. 



Henry Ward, Esq. 

 Lieut-Col. Colby, R. E. 

 Thomas Murdoch, Esq. 

 Commander Mangles, R. N. 

 Roderick Impey Murchison, Esq. 

 Captain Sir John Franklin, R. N. 

 Captain Smyth, R. N. 

 John Barrow, Esq. 

 George Bellas Greenough, Esq. 

 Commander ]\I'Konochie, Provi- 

 sional Secretary. 



At a meeting of the above-mentioned Committee, held on the 



