| 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: James Alderson; George Busk; Sir George Everest; Hugh Falconer; Joseph Dalton Hooker; Henry Bence Jones; James Clerk Maxwell; William Allen Miller; William Hallows Miller; William Pole; William Sharpey; Archibald Smith; Henry John Stephen Smith; Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope; George Gabriel Stokes; James Joseph Sylvester; Thomas Watson; Charles Wheatstone; the Reverend Robert Willis; the President, Major-General Edward Sabine, in the Chair.
Among matters discussed or noted: minutes of the last meeting read and approved. Application from the Civil Service Commissioners to hold examinations for the Indian Civil Service in Burlington House, acceeded to. The Treasurer reported that the standard of weight in the Society's custody had been returned from the Treasury in good order and that the weight accorded with copies at the Mint and at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. A list was approved of those to receive copies of Mr. Carrington's work on sunspots in the name of the Royal Society and on behalf of H.M. Government. On the resolution of the Committee of the Scientific Relief Fund, £25 placed at the disposal of Mr. Bentham for the use of Mrs. Martin, widow of W.C.L. Martin, approved. Proceedings to be exchanged for the Zoologische Garten publication of the Zoological Society of Frankfurt am Main. Selection of candidates for Fellowship of the Royal Society was considered and adjourned. Nominations for the list of Foreign Members postponed until the next meeting. List of bills for payment, for binding and lithography. |