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: William Wivesley Abney; George Howard Darwin; Warren De La Rue; Sir Frederick John Owen Evans; William Henry Flower; George Carey Foster; Michael Foster; Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker; Henry Nottidge Moseley; Hugo Muller; Andrew Noble; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; John Scott Burdon Sanderson; George Gabriel Stokes; Lieutenant-General Richard Strachey; the Treasurer [John Evans]; Alexander William Williamson; the President [Thomas Henry Huxley] in the chair. Among matters discussed or noted: the Corporate Property Security Bill and taxation on the accumulated funds of corporate bodies, A report by Few on Warburton's will and Few's intention to bring a witness from America for the June trial. A letter from the India Office requesting an opinion on the merits of publishing Colonel Herschel's record and reductions of pendulum observations at Kew, Greenwich and elsewhere - referred to the Committee on Pendulum Observations. William Huggins suggests solar researches as a topic for the Bakerian Lecture, which is approved. Herbert Tomlinson granted leave to copy the unpublished part of his paper on stress and strain. Payment of a bill to Few & Company. 7 May 1885