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TitleMinutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society
Date30 November 1900
DescriptionPrinted minutes containing matters laid before Council, the Royal Society's governing body of Fellows, with records of decisions taken. Individual minutes are numbered.

Commencing with a list of Council members present: Horace Tabberer Brown: Captain Ettrick William Creak; James Dewar; Edwin Bailey Elliott; Sir Michael Foster (Secretary); Hans Friedrich Gadow; William Dobinson Halliburton; William Abbott Herdman; Alfred Bray Kempe (Treasurer); Arnold William Reinold; Arthur William Rucker (Secretary); George Johnstone Stoney; Jethro Justinian Harris Teall; Thomas Edward Thorpe (Foreign Secretary); Sir Samuel Wilks; the President, Lord Lister, in the chair.

Among matters discussed or noted:
1. Minutes of the last meeting read and approved.
2. Report of the auditors of the Treasurer's accounts.
3. Letter from the Royal Geographical Society on arrangements made by the Joint Antarctic Committee for the management and preparation of the Expedition: these should be approved by both organisation's Councils. Approved, the Commander of the Expedition to proceed, within stated financial arrangements.
4. Letter from the Keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse conveying the Queen's approval of the award of Royal Medals.
5. Letters of thanks from Royal Society medallists tabled.

Extent2p.; pp.165-166
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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