Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers Present at the meeting: Sir John William Lubbock, Bart, Vice president and Treasurer in the chair; Mr Baily; Mr Brande; Dr Bright; Mr Christie; Mr Daniell; Mr Lawrence; Mr Pepys; Reverend B Powell; Dr Fitton; Dr Roget; Reverend R Willis Read and confirmed minutes of last meeting Mr Airy Explanation of the construction, positions, comparisons, and times of observation of th Meteorological Instruments at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Postponed Dr Martin Barry On Fibre. To be printed Dr Roberts Lee On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Decidua. Archives Mr Jesse Description and specification of an Observatory constructed at Ardwick. Archives Reverend Thomas Boyd Letter to Charles Babbage Esq "On the steam Wave". Postponed Dr G O Rees On the Chemical Analysis of the contents of the Thoracic Duct in the Human Subject. To be printed Mr Bowman On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney etc. To be printed Mr Drach On the diurnal temperature of teh Earth's surface etc. Referred Dr Kane Contributions to the chemical History of the compounds of Palladium and Platinum. Referred Mr Addison On the ultimate distribution of the Air - passages and the mode of formation of the Air - cells of the Lungs. Referred 14 April 1842