Council Agenda and Papers for a meeting of 9 October 1947 Council will sit first as a Committee of Papers Agenda 1. Minutes [Enclosure A] 2. Deaths To report the death of William Whitehead Watts on 30 July, of Reginald Innes Pocock on 9 August and of Clive Forster-Cooper on 23 August 1947. 3. Arising from Previous Minutes 3a Minute 10 of 7 March 1946 3b Minute 4 of 7 november 1946 3c Minute 10 of 10 July 1947 3d Minute 16 of 10 July 1947 3e Minute 17 of 10 July 1947 3f Minute 20 (x) of 10 July 1947 4. New Council 5. Sectional and Standing Committees 6. Report of Council [Enclosure B] 7. Loyal address To consider a draft loyal address to His Majesty the King on the occasion of the marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, and to appoint a delegation to present the Address on the behalf of the Socirety. The following draft by the Officers has been submitted to the Home Office; " To the King's Most Excellent Majesty May it please your Majesty We, your loyal and dutiful subjects, the President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Socity of London, humbly beg leave to offer yuor Majesty, the Patron of our Society, our respectful and most sincere congratulations upon the approaching marriage of yYour Majesty's Most Dearly Beloved Daughter Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, R.N. The Royal Society of London ever since it received its first Charter from His Majesty King Charles the Second has not only enjoyed the continuted patronage of the Throne but has been specially favoured in that many membres of The Royal House have become Fellows of the Society. it is with particular pride that, in offering our respectful and sincere congrtulations on this most ausicious occasion, we recall that Her Royal Highness was elected a Fellow of the Society and, having graciously signified her desire to visit our Roomsat Burlington House, she was duly admitted to the Fellowship on the third of July this year. And we shall ever pray that your Majesty,with her Most Gracious Majesty the Queesn,may long live to witness the married happiness and prosperityof your Most Dearly Beloved Daughter and to continue to reign over your devoted and loyal subjects. On behalf of the Council an Fellows of the Royal Society Robert Robinson President November 1947." 8. University of Allahabad 9. TravellingExpenses 9a Dr Jde Graaff-Hunter, FRS 9b Dr K H Swainger, submitted through Professor G Temple 10. Seventh Congress of Applied Mechanics 11. Bequest To report that Dr Alexander Scott has bequeather to the Scientific Relief Fund two-thirds of his residuary estate, subject to his widow's life interest. 12. Accommodation of Scientific Societies 13. Items of Agenda drawn up in the form of Minutes which will become Minutes of Council unless any objection as to form or principleis raised at the meeting. i. Scientific Investigations Grant-in-Aid ii Mass Spctrometers iii British Institute of Philosophy iv Archives Permission was given to the Librarian of Rochester University, New York,, to have photostat copies made of extracts from the Letter Books, the Guard Books and the miscellaneous manuscripts in the archives of the Royal Society, between the years 1710 and 1734, subject to the usual acknowledgments being made in the event of publication. v Supserannuation Policy vi Sealing vii Bills for payment 14. Reports of Committees i. Gassiot Committee ii Head Bequest Committee iii Scientific Relief Committee iv Soiree Committee [Enclosure J] v Advisory Committee on Naval Research Facilities [Enclosure K] vi Warren Research Fund Committee vii British Committee for Co-opertion with UNESCO in the Natural Sciences 9 October 1947