| 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: Dr. John Bostock; Samuel Hunter Christie; Charles Konig; Captain William Henry Smyth; the President, His Royal Highness [Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex] in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. In consequence of the Royal Society seal being affixed to a defective diploma for Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the seal was affixed to a new and corrected diploma, provided by the President. |