| 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; John Wesley Judd; Edward Emanuel Klein; Edwin Ray Lankester; Herbert McLeod; Sir James Paget; William Pole; William Henry Preece; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; Henry Enfield Roscoe; Edward John Routh; Arthur 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. Death of Michel Eugene Chevreul. Letter of Louis Pasteur and M. Roux, accepting dates for delivering the Croonian Lecture. Stock of the Catalogue of Scientific Papers received from the Stationery Office. List of names of Government Grant recipients not submitting a report on their researches. Consideration of a letter from the International Congress of Hygiene and Statistics deferred. Circular letter on a memorial to Professor Genocchi. Selection of candidates for Fellowship considered and a list selected by ballot for submisison to the Annual Meeting for election, the list to be circulated to the press. Bills for printing and engraving. |