| 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 Edward Armstrong; Charles Baron Clarke; Michael Foster; William Huggins; John Whitaker Hulke; Edward Emanuel Klein; Edwin Ray Lankester; Herbert McLeod; Sir James Paget; William Pole; William Henry Preece; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; Edward John Routh; Arthur William Rucker; The Treasurer [John Evans]; William James Lloyd Wharton; Alexander William Williamson; the President, George Gabriel Stokes, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Letter from the Treasury in response to Michael Foster's letter of 28 April, stating that the Catalogue of Scientific Papers will not continue under H.M.S.O.; the report of the Library Committee recommends investigating private companies willing to take up the printing and the purchase of residual stock from the Stationary Office, these suggestions adopted. Lists of elections to membership of the Government Grant Committee Boards, A-G. Bill for lithography. |