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: Thomas Bell; James Booth; Bejamin Collins Brodie; Charles Brooke; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Peter Gassiot; Thomas Graham; Joseph Dalton Hooker; Henry Bence Jones; George Newport; Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Ellison Portlock; Colonel Edward Sabine; William Sharpey; Admiral William Henry Smyth; Nathaniel Wallich; the President,William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. Bell called attention to the fact that owing to the indisposition of H.M. Queen, her name did not appear in the letter by Colonel Grey relating to Royal Medals. Adjudication of Royal Medals: list of candidates proposed and seconded. Application from the President of the Royal Museum and Library of Salford for a copy of Proceedings, granted. Application fron the University of Giessen for a copy of Philosophical Transactions for their Library, granted. |