| 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: Henry Bowman Brady; William Turner Thiselton Dyer; 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 Richards; Arthur William Rucker; 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. List of Fellows recommended for Council service in the coming year, with President and Officers, th enominations to be communicated to the public papers. Adjudication of Royal Society Medals: Thomas Henry Huxley (Copley Medal); Pietro Tacchini (Rumford Medal); Sir Ferdinand von Mueller (Royal Medal); Osborne Reynolds (Royal Medal); William Crookes (Davy Medal). Nomination of auditors of the Treasurer's accounts. Application of H. N. Ridley for a Donation Fund grant postponed. Free copy of the Krakatoa report to be sent to Major Baird. Leave granted to various individuals for copies of papers, electrotypes and the loan of manuscripts. Payments of salaries, wages and pensions to staff and Officers. Bill for printing paper.
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