| 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: Lionel Smith Beale; William Bowman; Edward Frankland; John Hall Gladstone; William Huggins; William Lassell; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; Andrew Crombie Ramsay; William Sharpey; Colonel William James Smythe; George Gabriel Stokes; Thomas Thomson; William Tite; John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley; the President, Lieutenant-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Communication from Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, presenting the original model of the bust by Behnes of his late father, the donation accepted with thanks. Adjudication of Royal Society Medals: lists of candidates for Copley and Royal Medals, to be added to. £30 from the Donation Fund granted to Charles Schlorlemmer for continung researches into hydrocarbons of marsh-gas. List of bills for payment, for printing, binding and for hat-shelves. |