| 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: Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney; William Grylls Adams; John Gilbert Baker; William Henry Mahoney Christie; Warren de La Rue; Sir Frederick Evans; John Evans (Treasurer); George Carey Foster; Michael Foster; Francis Galton; James Whitbread Lee Glaisher; Sir William Gull; Hugo Muller; Joseph Prestwich; Osborne Reynolds; Osbert Salvin; George Gabriel Stokes; Alexander William Williamson; the President, Thomas Henry Huxley, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Deaths of the Duke of Buccleuch, Dr. Allen Thomson and Jean Baptiste Dumas. The Treasurer reported that the loan of £500 from the Society's bankers was now repaid. The selection of candidates for Fellowship of the Royal Society was considered and adjourned. List of bills for payment for books and coal. |