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Resolved, — 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. 



Resolved, — That the following draft of a Letter to be addressed to the 

 Secretary of the Admiralty be approved, viz. : — 



"Sir, — 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 inclosed 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 recommend such 

 " an undertaking to the favourable consideration of My Lords, with the 

 " view of obtaining the assistance of Her Majesty's Government so libe- 

 " rally 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 Wyville Thomson, provided that 

 " gentleman is able to undertake the duty, and Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys. It is 

 " also proposed that Mr. Lindahl, a young Swedish gentleman accustomed 

 " to marine researches, should accompany the expedition as Assistant 

 " Naturalist. 



" I have to add that whatever appertains to the strictly Scientific equip- 

 " ment of the Expedition will, as formerly, be at the charge of the Royal 

 " Society. 



"W. Sharpey, Secretary" 



A sum of 56100 from the Government Grant was assigned for the 

 Scientific purposes of the Expedition. 



May 19, 1870. 



Read the following Letter from the Admiralty : — 



" Admiralty, 10 May, 1870. 



" Sir, — Having laid before My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 

 your letter of 2nd inst., requesting that further researches may be made of 

 the deep sea, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you that 

 they will spare Her Majesty's Steam-vessel 'Porcupine' for this service, 

 and that the Treasury have been requested, as on the former occasion, to 



