| Description | Printed 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: Henry Edward Armstrong; William Bateson; William Thomas Blanford; Frederick Orpen Bower; Charles Vernon Boys; William Burnside; William Watson Cheyne; George Carey Foster; Sir Michael Foster (Secretary); Sir John Eldon Gorst; William Mitchinson Hicks; Alfred Bray Kempe (Treasurer); Joseph Larmor (Secretary); Henry Alexander Miers; James Emerson Reynolds; Robert Henry Scott; Charles Scott Sherrington; Joseph Wilson Swan; Thomas Edward Thorpe (Foreign Secretary); Herbert Hall Turner; the President, Sir William Huggins, in the chair.
Among matters discussed or noted:
1. Minutes of the last meeting read and approved.
2. Referring to Committee of Papers correspondence, Professor H. H. Turner gave notice of a motion on criticism of scientific papers not yet fully published - these should not be brought forward as independent papers unless with consent of the original authors: motion withdrawn upon explanation by the Secretaries.
3. Letter from the Office of Works referring to the opening of the National Physical Laboratory and noting that responsibilty for maintenance of machinery and appliances rests with the Royal Society. Resolution of thanks for the attention and courtesy of the Office of Works and for alterations at Bushy House.
4. Discussion of candidates for election to the Fellowship, beginning with astronomical science commenced and deferred: with a rota of subjects.
5. Expenses for the opening ceremony at the National Physical Laboratory to be defrayed from the Donation Fund.
6. Bills for the opening ceremony and for engraving. |