| Description | Printed minutes containing matters laid before Council, the Royal Society's governing body of Fellows, with records of decisions taken.
Commencing with a list of Council members present: Sir Benjamin Baker; Isaac Bayley Balfour; Michael Foster; Sir Archibald Geikie; Joseph Norman Lockyer; William Henry Perkin; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; William Augustus Tilden; the Treasurer, Sir John Evans; the President, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Death of Sir Andrew Clark, the Senior Secretary noting his attendence at the funeral as a representative of the Society and a letter of thanks from the Royal College of Physicians. Letter from Sir Henry Ponsonby, noting the Queen's approval of the award of Royal Medals. Report of the Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts. Agreement that a duplicate of the Davy Medal should be struck and a copy given to each of the two medallists. Letters of thanks from medal winners tabled. The Treasurer appointed to represent the Society on the governing body of the Imperial Institute. List of salaries, wages and pensions paid to Officers and staff of the Royal Society. |