218 Statue to the Memory of the late Sir Joseph Banks. 
the British Museum for permission to place the statue where 
proposed. 
That the following be a Committee for carrying the above Re- 
solutions into execution : 
The Earl of Egremont. 
The Earl Spencer, President of the Royal Institution. 
The Earl of Aberdeen, President of the Antiquarian Society. 
The Earl Whitworth. 
Sir Everard Home, Bart. , 
Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. President of the Royal Society. 
William Hyde Wollaston, M.D. 
William George Maton, M.D. 
Sir James Edward Smith, President of the Linnean Society. 
Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. President of the Horticultural 
Society. 
Joseph Sabine, Esq. fi 
That the Subscriptions be paid into the Banking House of 
Messrs. Drummonds, at Charing Cross. - . 
That the above Resolutions, together with a List of the Sub- 
scribers, be published in the London Newspapers, as soon as the 
reply of the ‘Trustees of the British Museum has been received. 
That, in the mean time, Copies of these Resolutions, and a 
List of the Subscribers, up to the close of this day, be printed, 
and transmitted to the present Subscribers, and to such other 
persons as are likely to become Subscribers to the Monument. 
That Joseph Sabine, Esq. be requested to direct the execution 
of this last Resolution, and to receive Letters and Notices of Sub- 
scriptions, to be addressed to him at the House of the Linnean 
Society. 
That Sir Everard Home be empowered to draw on Messrs. 
Drummonds for the incidental expenses incurred in carrying these 
Resolutions into effect. 
That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir Everard Home, 
to Mr. Sabine, and to Dr. Maton, for the trouble they had taken 
in preparing the business of this day, 
The following Reply to the Application made to the Trustees of 
the British Museum, in compliance with the Resolution of the 
Subscribers, has been received. 
British Museum, July 14, 1821. 
Sir,—I have the honour to acquaint you, that the Minute 
which accompanied your Letter of yesterday, respecting the wish 
of the Subscribers to Sir Joseph Banks’s Statue, to have it placed 
in the Hall of the British Museum, has been this day laid before 
a Committee of Trustees; by whom I am directed to state, that 
they approve of the proposal submitted to them, and will be very 
glad 
