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: Sir George Back; the Reverend John Barlow; Arthur Cayley; William Farr; Sir Henry Holland; Thomas Henry Huxley; William Hallows Miller; Sir Roderick Impey Murchison; William Sharpey; George Gabriel Stokes; Thomas Webster; Alexander William Williamson; the Reverend Robert Willis; Sir William Page Wood; Colonel Philip Yorke; the President, Benjamin Collins Brodie in the Chair, succeded by Major-General Edward Sabine, Treasurer and Vice-President in the Chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Letter from Mr. Hodgson Pratt, requesting that his father, now infirm, might withdraw from the Society: the resignation accepted. The Treasurer reported that £1,080 12s. had been received by the bankers on account of the Scientific Relief Fund, since the date of the last investment: £1,080 to be invested in securities. Letter from Leonard Horner, President of the Geological Society, expressing thanks for use of the Meeting Room. Lists of candidates for Royal Society medals, proposed and seconded with brief citations. |