| 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: John Couch Adams; Captain Frederick John Owen Evans; John Evans; Albert Gunther; Thomas Henry Huxley; Joseph Norman Lockyer; Robert Mallet; Nevil Story Maskelyne; Charles Watkins Merrifield; Edmund Alexander Parkes; Lyon Playfair; Andrew Crombie Ramsay; John Scott Burdon Sanderson; William Spottiswoode; George Gabriel Stokes; Alexander William Williamson; the President, Joseph Dalton Hooker, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. John Couch Adams made and subscribed to the declaration in lieu of the oath. Deaths of Daniel Hanbury and Jesse Watts Russell. £30 from the Scientific Relief Fund placed at the disposal of Mr. Carruthers, for the benefit of an applicant. The selection of candidates for election to the Fellowship was discussed and adjourned to the next meeting. |