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the idea at ail, for the incapacity of the PIOC might have 
compromised the ability of the Hungarian scientific world in 
the eyes of those who could not see to the bottom of the 
affair. There was every reason why the Hungarian circles 
should take the organisation into their own hands, carry it 
out and merely inform the Brunswick President and the 
Vienna Secretary of the accomplishment of the various 
moments. 
At a second private meeting of experts. Otto Herman 
was requested to draw up a memorandum: the memorandum 
was drawn up and presented by Mr. Herman, who supported 
it by word of mouth, to Count Albin Csaky, the Hungarian 
Minister for Public Instruction, on Oct. 8. 1889. 
Considering its motives, the Minister approved of the 
memorandum, and, while appointing Imre Szalay, of his own 
Ministry, to manage the administrative part of the work, 
requested the Royal Hungarian Natural History Society, or 
rather its President Kalman Szilv, to take the first steps. 
Thereupon the Society entrusted the management to the 
following members, — Dr. Geza Entz (to act as Chairman) 
Otto Herman (as Secretary), Dr. Geza Horvath and John 
Frivaldszky. The Committee, by virtue of its rights, supp- 
lemented itself by inviting the aid of Dr. Gyula Madarasz, the 
only Hungarian member of the PIOC, while, later on, Nandor 
(Ferdinand) Bathory, Director of a Real-School (Modern 
School), joined as the delegate of the Corporation of Buda- 
pest. The Government was represented by Imre Szalay, 
Ministerial Councillor. 
This Committee was formed on Dec. 31, 1889 and ent- 
ered at once on the work of organisation. 
It had already been decided that the final date for the 
Congress should be 1891; and the precise date was fixed 
later for Whitsuntide of that year. 
