| 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: John Couch Adams; George Bowdler Buckton; William Benjamin Carpenter; Captain Douglas Galton; William Robert Grove; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; James Paget; Joseph Prestwich; William Sharpey; William Spottiswoode; George Gabriel Stokes; John Tyndall; the President, Major-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Resolution of the Committee of the Scientific Relief Fund to present £50 to Mrs. Walsh, the mother of the late Mr. Walsh F.R.S. in consideration of the respect held on the scientific merits of her son. Adjudication of medals discussed and adjourned to the next meeting. Letter from M. von Gumbach in reply to Mr. Stokes, Stokes requested to write back closing down the correspondence. List of salaries to be paid to Officers and Staff of the Royal Society. List of bills for payment, for printing, books and for other expenses. |