| 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: William Thomas Brande; Samuel Hunter Christie; Richard Phillips Peter Mark Roget; Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sykes; the Treasurer, Sir John William Lubbock, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts reported a balance of £609 2s. 8d. Addresses of congratulation to H.M. Queen Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Albert on the birth of Prince Albert Edward, the Duke of Cornwall, full text of each entered into the minutes. |