| 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: Andrew Ainslie Common; Andrew Russell Forsyth; Michael Foster; Richard Tetley Glazebrook; Alexander Henry Green; Sir John Kirk; Sir Joseph Lister; Sir John Lubbock; William Henry Perkin; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; John Scott Burdon Sanderson; Thomas Edward Thorpe; William Augustus Tilden; the Treasurer, Sir John Evans; William Cawthorne Unwin; the President, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Deaths of John Duke, Lord Coleridge and Brian Houghton Hodgson. Full text draft of the letter, Michael Foster, Burlington House, to the Secretary of Her Majesty's Treasury, in the inadequacy of the Government Grant for scientific research and an appeal for an increase in the amount allocated, approved. Recommendation of Government Grant Board G repecting Dr. S. M. Copeman, that in future, grant requests from Medical Officers should be funded from the Chief Medical Officer's expenses for research, the Secretary to write to the Local Government Board accordingly. Professor Lankester made secretary to the committee for adminstering the grant made to Mr. Willey. Grant application from the International Congress of Hygiene should be funded by the School Board, notice to be given to Sir Douglas Galton. Adjudication of Royal Society medals: lists of names for proposing and seconding, to be done at a subsequent meeting. Joule Studentship Committee report, recommending that a scholarship of £100 value should be awarded to Mr. J. D. Chorlton of Owen's College, Manchester, to be communicated to the Principal of Owen's College and to Mr. Chorlton. Report of the Catalogue Committee resumed, with an additional report, including on the contribution of Ludwig Mond, approved, Mr. Common and Mr. Sedgwick added to the proposed sub-committees and Mr. Mond to be informed of the acceptance of his offer of financial support. Letter from the Secretary of the Board of Works on the title of the Incorporated Kew Committee copied to the Chair of the Committee. Collections from Mr. Scott-Elliot's Tanganyika Expedition, funded by Government Grant, sent to the British Museum, required for inspection for a work on African botany being prepared by the Royal Botanic Gardens; the Secretary to write to Sir William Flower requesting that the botanical portion of the collection be sent to Kew. Mr. W. N. Shaw appointed to the Incorporated Kew Committee. Request to send Royal Society representatives to the bicentenary of the Royal United Friedrichs-University of Halle-Wittenberg; Sir George Gabriel Stokes and Victor Horsley nominated. Return of the Imperial Standard Pound and Yard from the Standards Department deferred. £250 voted for additions to the Royal Society's telescope at Dr. Huggins' Observatory to be defrayed from the Donation Fund. The Treasurer and Mr. Penrose appointed to a joint committee of societies interested in Egyptian antiquities. Antarctic Committee report considered, Captain Wharton to be consulted on details of expenditure. Letter from Messrs. W. B. Keen & Company on alterations to the Kew Observatory accounts, forwarded to the Secretary of the Kew Observatory Committee. Letters of thanks from newly elected Foreign Members. Estimate from A. Hadfield for new store-room racks accepted. Bills for printing, engraving, lithography and other expenses. |