Ticket to the opening of the RSGS rooms 1890
Stanley arrived at the National Portrait Gallery accompanied by Mrs A L Bruce, Sir William Mackinnon and his officers and was received by the Council of the Geographical Society. The rooms consisted of a library, a council room and a long front hall for lectures. A large crowd had gathered outside the gallery and gave a hearty cheer on Stanley's arrival, and again on his departure. The opening ceremony took place in the long room and was chiefly attended by ladies. In his speech Stanley commended the two members of the Society who had made financial contributions to the Emin Pasha relief fund, and commented that the African Lakes Company and the British East Africa Company were mainly in the hands of Scotsmen.
