| Description | 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: Arthur Cayley; Hugh Falconer; Thomas Henry Huxley; William Hallows Miller; James Paget; William Sharpey; William Spottiswoode; George Gabriel Stokes; John Tyndall; Arthur William Williamson; the Treasurer and Vice-President, Major General Edward Sabine, in the Chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Adjudication of Royal Society Medals discussed and adjourned. William Allen Miller to be recommended to the office of Treasurer at the Anniversary Meeting. Dr. Stokes was granted an extension of time for admission into the Fellowship. List of salaries to be paid to Officers and members of staff. List of bills for payment, for engraving, Porter's livery and for other expenses. |