Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society 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: John George Children; Joseph Henry Green; Dr. Henry Holland; William Lawrence; John William Lubbock; Herbert Mayo; Peter Mark Roget; the Vice-President, Roderick Impey Murchison, in the chair. Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. A letter from Dr. Granville, 18 May 1836, to the Chairman was read: the Secretary to acknowledge it and refer Granville to the fifth section of Chapter XI of the Statutes. With a note stating that the President, Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, affixed his signature to the minutes at Kensington Palace on 8 June 1836. 19 May 1836