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APPENDIX III 
Copy of Resolution passed by the Council of the Royal 
Society of London, June 1901 
Me Teall informed the Council that a number of Fellows and others inter- 
ested in the subject had heard a statement by Sir John Murray with reference 
to a bathymetrical, physical, and biological survey of the fresh-water lakes of 
Great Britain and Ireland. It appeared that the Council had urged the import- 
ance of a bathymetrical survey of the principal fresh -w^ater lakes of the country 
in a letter to Her Majesty's Government, dated 2nd May 1884, and that a survey 
on the lines therein indicated had been commenced, so far as Scotland was con- 
cerned, by Sir John Murray and Mr F. P. Pullar, but had been unfortunately 
interrupted by the accidental death of the latter gentleman. Mr Laurence 
Pullar (the father of Mr F. P. Pullar) had now intimated to Sir John Murray 
that he was willing, on certain conditions, to set aside a sum of money to enable 
this survey to be completed, and to be extended to all inland bodies of water. 
The conditions were as follows : — 
(1) That there was little likelihood of this survey being undertaken by any of 
the Government departments. 
(2) That Sir John Murray would himself undertake the general superintend- 
ence of the survey and the publication of the results. 
(3) That, in the opinion of the Council of the Royal Society, it was imjDortant 
from a scientific point of view, in addition to the bathymetrical survey recom- 
mended in their letter of 2nd May 1884, to undertake at the same time an investi- 
gation into the physical and biological conditions of the fresh-water lakes. 
As soon as the Council had declared their opinion. Sir John Murray was 
prepared to draw up an approximate estimate of the cost of tlie work for 
Mr Pullar's consideration. 
It was resolved — That the Council confirm the opinion expressed in their 
letter to Her Majesty's Treasury of 2nd May 1884, as to the great scientific 
importance of a bathymetrical survey of the fresh- water lakes of the United 
Kingdom, and that they have learned with great satisfaction that arrangements 
are under consideration for the completion of the survey commenced by Sir John 
Murray and Mr Pullar, and are of opinion that the scientific value of the 
survey will be greatly increased if it embraces a study of the biological and 
physical conditions of the lakes. 
Extract from a Minute of Meeting of the Council of the Royal 
Society of Edinburgh, held on 24th May 1901 
The Council heard a statement from Sir John Murray with reference to 
a bathymetrical survey of the fresh-water lochs of Scotland, to the effect that 
Mr Laurence Pullar was willing, on certain conditions, to set aside a sum of 
money to enable the survey to be completed which had been commenced by Sir 
John Murray and Mr PuUar's son, Mr F. P. Pullar, but which had been inter- 
rupted by the unfortunate death of the latter gentleman by accident, 
Mr Pullar was prepared to do this provided Sir John would himself under- 
take the general superintendence of the survey and the publication of the results ; 
provided, also, that the Council still regarded such a survey as important from a 
scientific point of view, and that it had been, and was likely in future to be, 
satisfactorily carried out on the lines suggested by the Council in the year 1884. 
