| 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: William Crookes; Sir Joseph Fayrer; Lazarus Fletcher; Michael Foster; Edward Frankland; Walter Holbrook Gaskell; William Huggins; William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; Alexander Blackie William Kennedy; Horace Lamb; Charles Lapworth; Major Percy Alexander MacMahon; John Henry Poynting; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; Arthur William Rucker; Osbert Salvin; the Treasurer, Sir John Evans; Harry Marshall Ward; Admiral William James Lloyd Wharton; the President, Sir Joseph Lister, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last two meetings read and approved. Deaths of Charles Chambers and Dr. William Sharp. £30 from the Donation Fund awarded to Sir Archibald Geikie in support of Mr. Reid's geological borings at Hoxne. Selection of candidates for Fellowship considered and adjourned. Leave granted for electrotypes and other copies of illustrations and to Mr. Shattock for the return of original drawings. Bills for paper, books and other expenses. |