| Description | Printed minutes containing matters laid before Council, the Royal Society's governing body of Fellows, with records of decisions taken.
A typed errata slip point states: '25 October 1860 and two subsequent meetings. Several paragraphs have been mixed up between the various dates, and one paragraph appears to have been omitted from the manuscript copy. This should be checked when using the printed minutes for this period'.
Commencing with a list of Council members present: the Reverend John Barlow; Arthur Cayley; Sir Henry Holland; Thomas Henry Huxley; William Hallows Miller; Sir Roderick Impey Murchison; William Sharpey; George Gabriel Stokes; Alexander William Williamson; Colonel Philip Yorke; 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 medals: the Copley Medal awarded to Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. List of President, Officers and Members of Council to be recommended to the Royal Society at the Anniversary Meeting, for service in the ensuing year. List of bills for payment, for printing, engraving and furniture. |