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: Neil Arnott; Sir |Benjamin Collins Brodie; William Benjamin Carpenter; William Fairbairn; William Hallowes Miller; General Edward Sabine; William Sharpey; George Gabriel Stokes; the President, John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley, in the chair. Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Report of the auditors of the Treasurer's accounts. Letter from Dr. Milne-Edwards acknowledging the award of the Copley Medal. The Treasurer reported that he had signed a proxy paper, intended to be signed by other organisations, to enable a grant of administration in the estate of the late William Ford Stevenson. 1 December 1856