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: Henry Edward Armstrong; Charles Baron Clarke; Michael Foster; William Huggins; John Whitaker Hulke; John Wesley Judd; Edward Emanuel Klein; Edwin Ray Lankester; Herbert McLeod; Sir James Paget; William Pole; William Henry Preece; John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; Henry Enfield Roscoe; Edward John Routh; Arthur Rucker; The Treasurer [John Evans]; William James Lloyd Wharton; Alexander William Williamson; the President, George Gabriel Stokes, in the chair. Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Deaths of Charles James Blasius Williams and Professor Franz Conelius Donders. Reading of names of Government Grant recipients not submitting a report deferred. Appointments to the Committee of the Lawes Agricultural Trust. Selection of candidates for Fellowship deferred until the next meeting. Bills for lithography and other services. 4 April 1889