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: Benjamin Guy Babington; George Bowdler Buckton; William Benjamin Carpenter; Captain Douglas Galton; William Robert Grove; John Lubbock; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; James Paget; William Sharpey; William Spottiswoode; George Gabriel Stokes; the President, Major-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair. Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Candidates for Royal Society Medals were proposed and seconded, with brief citations. £50 from the Scientific Relief Fund to be presented to Mrs. McWilliam, the widow of Dr. McWilliam FRS, on the recommendation of the Committee. Bill for payment, for engraving. 29 May 1862