| 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: Sir William Bowman; Henry Bowman Brady; Arthur Cayley; William Turner Thiselton Dyer; David Ferrier; Michael Foster; Edward Frankland; Arthur Gamgee; Joseph Henry Gilbert; John Wesley Judd; Herbert McLeod; William Pole; William Henry Preece; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; Sir George Henry Richards; Arthur William Rucker; Bernhard Samuelson; 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 Francis Stephen Bennet Francois de Chaumont. Certificates of stock received from the Society's bankers. List of candidates for Fellowship selected by ballot and recommended for election at the Annual Meeting in June, the Assistant Secretary instructed to ciurculate the list to The Times and Nature. Report of the Investment Committee, the Treasurer noting that its recommendations were no longer desirable, Negotiations with the Lawes Agricultural Trust noted as proceeding. Patent Office at Washington request for a grant of publications referred to the Library Committee. Bequest of £200 from the Executors of the estate of T. B. Curling, for the Scientific Relief Fund. Request from the American Philosophical Society for co-operation 'in perfecting an international language for learned and commercial purposes', to be answered that no action would be taken. Letter from George Ellis of the London Committee requesting a contribution to the Tercentenary Armada Memorial in Plymouth, turned down. Letter from the Royal Astronomical Society on the formation of an Eclipse Committee. Letter from Michael Foster, to W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, 28 April 1888, full text entered into the minutes: applying for support in printing a supplement to the Catalogue of Scientific Papers, with profits accruing to the Treasury. Sir W. Thomson and Professort J. C. Adams to be additional delegates to the anniversary celebrations at the University of Bologna. Report of the Mountain Observatory Committee recommending the acceptance of Dr. Main's offer of a telescope and applying to Council for £120 from the Donation Fund for completing, transporting and erecting it; approved by Council. Leave given to Captain Creek to copy a plate from his Proceedings paper. Estimate by G. Kennedy for a new notice stand accepted. Bills for lithography.
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