| 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; Joseph Dalton Hooker; John Lubbock; James Clerk Maxwell; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; Richard Owen; William Sharpey; Henry John Stephen Smith; George Gabriel Stokes; James Joseph Sylvester; Charles Wheatstone; the President, Major-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Adjudication of Royal Society Medals, discussed and adjourned to the next meeting. A committee to be formed to consider any improvements which might be advisable in publishing the Proceedings. Letter from Captain Ibbetson, who had been declared a defaulter for non-payment of Fellowship subscriptions, explaining his absence on the Continent and requesting to be readmitted. List salaries and wages for Officers and staff of the Royal Society. List of bills for payment, for books, bookbinding, and for other expenses. |