| 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; Charles Baron Clarke; Michael Foster; William Huggins; John Whitaker Hulke; John Wesley Judd; Edward Emanuel Klein; Edwin Ray Lankester; Herbert McLeod; William Pole; William Henry Preece; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe; Edward John Routh; Arthur Rucker; The Treasurer [John Evans]; William James Lloyd Wharton; the President, Sir George Gabriel Stokes, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Death of Martin Farquar Tupper. Letter received from Sir Henry Ponsonby noting the Queen's approval of the award of Royal Medals. Letters of acknowledgement from medallists. Report of the auditors of the Treasurer's accounts. Report of the Kew Committee ordered to be printed in Proceedings. J. W. Hulke appointed to the Scientific Relief Committee. Bills for printing, binding, surveying and to Johnson, Matthey & Company for Davy and Copley Medals. |