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: Thomas Bell; James Booth; Benjamin Collins Brodie; Charles Brooke; Samuel Hunter Christie; John Peter Gassiot; Thomas Graham; Joseph Dalton Hooker; Henry Bence Jones; George Newport; Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Ellison Portlock; William Sharpey; William Spence; Nathaniel Wallich; the Treasurer and Vice-President, Edward Sabine, in the chair. Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. New Members of Council made and subscribed to the Declaration in lieu of the Oath. Appointment of Vice-Presidents. Reappointment of the Library Committee, with membership and budget. Letter from John J. Bennett, Secretary, Linnean Society, 2 December 1852, to the Earl of Rosse, full text entered into the minutes: transmitting extracts from the Linnean Society's minutes. 16 December 1852