| Description | Present at the meeting of the Meteorological Council nomination Committee: Sir Joseph Hooker, CB, President in the Chair; General Booileau; Mr Broun; Professor Clifton; Professor Carey Foster; Mr Hind; Professor Huxley; Mr Spottiswoode; Professor Stokes; Professor Willliamson
Read resolutions of Council of 7 June 1877 accepting the responsibility of nominating a Meteorological Council, and the names suggested.
[Printed copy of the appointment pasted into minutes]
Following a discussion of the qualifications of various candidates, the following were nominated; Professor Henry Smith; Professor Stokes; Mr De La Rue; Mr F Galton; General Strachey, with Professor Henry Smith to be suggested for office of Chairman |