| 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; Thomas George Bonney; George Busk; Sir Richard Assheton Cross; Edwin Dunkin; Alexander John Ellis; John Evans (Treasurer); Thomas Archer Hirst; William Huggins; Thomas Henry Huxley; John Marshall; William Odling; Daniel Oliver; Henry Tibbats Stainton; George Gabriel Stokes; Alexander William Williamson; the President, William Spottiswoode, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. List of President, Officers and Members of Council to be recommended to the Anniversary Meeting for election and service in the ensuing year: the list to be communicated to the public papers by the Assistant Secretary. Nomination of auditors of the Treasurer's accounts. Adjudication of Royal Society Medals: the Copley Medal awarded to Professor Karl Adolph Wurtz; a Royal Medal to Francis Maitland Balfour; a Royal Medal to the Reverend John Hewitt Jellett; the Davy Medal to Professor Adolph Beyer. Mr. Christie, the Astronomer Royal, to be added to the Transir of Venus Committee. £50 to be placed n the hands of Professor Balfour Stewart for the benefit of an applicant to the Scientific Relief Fund. Thursday 24 November to be the day for delivery of the Bakerian Lecture by John Tyndall. The Treasurer noted the purchase of consols for the Fee Reduction Fund. List of salaries and wages for Officers and staff. |