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. Individual minutes are numbered. Commencing with a list of Council members present: William Grylls Adams; Thomas Clifford Allbutt; Thomas George Bonney; Robert Bellamy Clifton; Sir John Evans (Treasurer); Michael Foster; Sir Edward Frankland; Alfred Bray Kempe; Joseph Larmor; Nevil Story Maskelyne; Raphael Meldola; Edward Bagnell Poulton; Arthur William Rucker; William James Russell; Dukinfield Henry Scott; Walter Frank Raphael Weldon; the President, Lord Lister, in the chair. Among matters discussed or noted: the minutes of the last meeting read and approved. 1. Report of the auditors on the Treasurer's accounts. 2. Appointment of Vice-Chairs of committees: Lord Rayleigh to the National Physical Laboratory Committee, Sir John Evans to the Chelsea Physic Garden Committee, and Sir Archibald Geikie to the International Floating Observatory Committee. 30 November 1898