| 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: Isaac Lowthian Bell; Sir Risdon Bennett; Thomas George Bonney; Heinrich Debus; John Evans (Treasurer); Alexander John Ellis; Michael Foster; Sir John Hawkshaw; Thomas Archer Hirst; William Huggins; Joseph Lister; Daniel Oliver; Henry Enfield Roscoe; Warington Wilkinson Smyth; 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 Charles Robert Darwin: Thomas Henry Huxley to be requested to write the Obituary Notice. Letter from Dr. Greenwood, Principal of Owen's College, Manchester, agreeing to leave of absence for Arthur Schuster, to allow him to make eclipse observations in Egypt. Extension for admission to the Fellowship granted to Dr. Tranquair and to Mr. B.B. Stoney. Selection of candidates for Fellowship discussed and adjourned. Bill for payment, for lithography. |