| 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: Benjamin Guy Babington; George Bowdler Buckton; William Benjamin Carpenter; Captain Douglas Galton; William Robert Grove; John Lubbock; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; James Paget; William Sharpey; William Spottiswoode; George Gabriel Stokes; the President, Major-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Candidates for Royal Society Medals were proposed and seconded, with brief citations. £50 from the Scientific Relief Fund to be presented to Mrs. McWilliam, the widow of Dr. McWilliam FRS, on the recommendation of the Committee. Bill for payment, for engraving. |