200 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [chap. iv. 



" The Committee, having learned that Dr. Frankland has con- 

 trived an apparatus for bringing up the deep-sea water charged 

 with its gaseous contents, have resolved to add his name to 

 their number ; and they request leave to meet again in order 

 to complete the arrangements and make a final report to the 

 Council." 



Eesolved, — That the Report now read be received and adopted, 

 and that the Committee be requested to continue their 

 meetings and report again on the arrangements when finally 

 decided on. 



Eesolved, — That the following draft of a Letter to be 

 addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty be approved, 

 viz. : — 



" SiE, — I am directed by the President and Council of the 

 Royal Society to acquaint you, for the information of the 

 Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that, considering the 

 important scientific results of the Physical and Zoological 

 Exploration of the Deep Sea carried on in 1868 and 1869 

 through the aid of Her Majesty's Government, they deem it 

 highly desirable that the investigation should be renewed during 

 the ensuing summer, and extended over a new area. 



" The course which it would be proposed to follow in a new 

 Expedition, the principal objects to be attained, and the general 

 plan of operations, are sketched out in the enclosed extract from 

 a Letter addressed to the President by Dr. Carpenter, and have 

 in all points been approved by the Council. 



" The President and Council would therefore earnestly recom- 

 mend such an undertaking to the favourable consideration 

 of My Lords, with the view of obtaining the assistance of 

 Her Majesty's Government so liberally accorded and effectively 

 rendered on the previous occasions. 



"The scientific conduct of the expedition would, as in the 

 last year, be shared by Dr. Carpenter, Professor Wy ville Thomson, 

 provided that gentleman is able to undertake the duty, and Mr. 

 Gwyu Jeffreys. It is also proposed that Mr. Lindahl, a young 

 Swedish gentleman accustomed to marine researches, should 

 accompany the expedition as Assistant Naturalist. 



