| 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 Henry Barlow; George Busk; Sir Richard Assheton Cross; Edwin Dunkin; Alexander John Ellis; John Evans (Treasurer); Thomas Archer Hirst; William Huggins; Thomas Henry Huxley; John Marshall; Alfred Newton; William Odling; Daniel Oliver; Sir James Paget; William Henry Perkin; Henry Tibbats Stainton; George Gabriel Stokes; Lieutenant-General Richard Strachey; Alexander William Williamson; the President, William Spottiswoode, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. The Treasurer presented a power of attorney for the sale of consols and reported the purchase of Midland Railway stock. Mr. Romanes' and Professor Ewart's paper on the locomotor system of Echinodermata to be appointed the Croonian Lecture. Selection of candidates for Fellowship considered and adjourned. List of bill for payment for printing and for other expenses. |