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RefNoCMP/5/50
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TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date30 March 1882
DescriptionPrinted 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: Francis Maitland Balfour; Thomas George Bonney; Heinrich Debus; John Evans (Treasurer); Alexander John Ellis; Michael Foster; Sir John Hawkshaw; Thomas Archer Hirst; William Huggins; Thomas Henry Huxley; Daniel Oliver; Henry Enfield Roscoe; Warington Wilkinson Smyth; Henry Tibbats Stainton; George Gabriel Stokes; Edward James Stone; Alexander William Williamson; the President, William Spottiswoode, in the chair.

Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Death of Dr. George Budd and William Newmarch. Letter from J.F.D. Donnelly, Science and Art Department, London, 24 March 1882, to the President, the Royal Society, full text entered into the minutes: owing to medical advice, Captain Abney would not be able to take part in the proposed solar eclipse expedition to Egypt; the Committee on Solar Physics has suggested Arthur Schuster as a substitute; a draft letter was prepared, to the Principal of Owen's College, Manchester, requesting to release Schuster for the observations and the expedition expenses would be transferred to him for division with Mr. Lockyer, if it was agreed. Letter from R.R.W. Lingen, Treasury Chambers, 24 March 1882, to the President of the Royal Society, full text entered into the minutes: on the £4,000 Government Grant for Scientific Investigations with a copy of the estimate enclosed; the Secretary to write to the Treasury suggesting a revised description of the grant. The Treasurer reported that the conveyance for land at Acton had been handed to Mr. Thompson, and sums of money for the sale, £32,207 13s. 7d., had been placed with the Society's bankers, Robarts Lubbock and Company; with a detailed breakdown of the amounts.
Extent3p; pp.296-298
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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