| 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: Robert Bellamy Clifton; George Howard Darwin; William Turner Thiselton Dyer; David Ferrier; Michael Foster; Edward Frankland; Arthur Gamgee; Archibald Geikie; Joseph Henry Gilbert; Joseph Norman Lockyer; Bartholomew Price; Charles Pritchard; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; Sir George Henry Richards; Arthur Schuster; Philip Lutley Sclater; The Treasurer [John Evans]; Alexander William Williamson; the President, George Gabriel Stokes, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Death of the Rev. John Hymers. Seal of the Royal Society affixed to railay stock on account of the Scientific Relief Fund. List of Government Grant holders who had not completed a report on research, in accordance with regulations. £50 each placed in the hands of J. F. Main and Hugo Muller for applicants to the Scientific Relief Fund, recommended by the Presidents of the Royal Society and the Chemical Society. Selection of candidates for the Fellowship considered and adjourned. Bills for printing and services.
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