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APPENDIX A. 



fljjicial 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 objects which it was designed to carry out : 



January 21, 1869. 



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 en Marine 

 Researches : 



