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: Francis Baily; William Thomas Brande; Benjamin Collins Brodie; John George Children; William Clift; Michael Faraday; George Bellas Greenough; Reverend Dr. Philip Jennings; Charles Konig; William Hasledine Pepys; Peter Mark Roget; the Treasurer, John William Lubbock, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: new Council Members were sworn in and the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Re-appointments of the Donation Fund Committee, the Library Committee and the Catalogue |Committee, with terms of reference and membership. Statement of the Treasurer on compounding of annual contributions by Fellows, and purchases of stock. A committee was appointed to consider the financial position of the Royal Society. |