The first publishing committee was set up in 1898 to organise and administer the abstracting service.
Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney, R.E., K.C.B., F.R.S.
Colonel R.E.B. Crompton, C.B., F.R.S.
Sir James Swinburne, BART., F.R.S.
The table below shows the composition of the new editorial committee.
| A.H. Allen | R.A. Lehfeldt, B.A., B.Sc |
| R. Appleyard | W.G. McMillan, F.I.C |
| L.B. Atkinson | G.B. Mathews, M.A., F.R.S |
| G.H. Baillie | M. O'Gorman |
| E.H. Barton D.Sc., F.T.S.E. | H.F. Parshall, M. Inst. C.E |
| R.E.Baynes, M.A. | T. Preston, M.A |
| H. Borns, Ph.D | W. G. Rhodes, M.Sc |
| G.H. Bryan, M.A., F.R.S | S. Rideal, D.Sc., F.I.C |
| S.H. Burbury, M.A., F.R.S | E. C. Rimington |
| C.P. Butler, A.R.C.Sc. Lond | Prof. W. Robinson |
| J.W. Capstick | R.B. Rogers, M.A |
| R.S. Cole, M.A | S.G. Rosenblum, F.I.C |
| W R Cooper MA, BSc | G.F.C. Searle, M.A |
| E.H. Cozens-Hardy | A. Sharp, B.Sc |
| A. Daniell, M.A. | S. Skinner, M.A |
| Philip Dawson | L.J. Steele |
| T. Ewan | J.J. Stewart, M.A., B.Sc |
| C.K. Falkenstein, Jr. | A.P. Trotter |
| E.E. Fournier D'Albe | F. T. Trouton, D.Sc., F.R.S |
| A. Griffiths, B.Sc | B. B. Turner, B.Sc |
| A. Hay, B.Sc | E. J. Wade |
| J.B. Henderson, D.Sc | J. Wade, B.Sc |
| J. L. Howard, D.Sc | W. Watson, B.Sc |
| Prof. D. E. Jones, B.Sc | M.G. Weekes |
| J.B.C. Kershaw, F.I.C | R.G. Weekes |
| H. Kilgour | L.R. Wilberforce, M.A |
| J.E. Kingsbury |