Coverage of meetings is patchy for some committees; minutes for some committees are spread throughout volume; not all minutes are in chronological order; some minutes are signed; brief index at front of volume.
Spine reads 'Minute book'.
Minutes are given for meetings of 18 committees:
pages 2-49, 57-67, 71-77, 79-85 89-94, 98-99, 140--142, 145-149, 151-158, 162-176, 215-218, 223-268, 271-299, 350-359: General Purposes Committee, 20 Jun 1876-8 Apr 1928.
pages 68-70, 102-106, 269-270: Finance Committee, 1 Aug 1876-31 Jan 1877, 10 Dec 1885-7 Jan 1886, 7 Jun-5 Jul 1921.
pages 108-120: Stock Board and Finance Committee, 8 Aug 1877-8 May 1878.
pages 50-55: Special Committee appointed to consider a memorial from Sir Charles Reed and others respecting the Celebration of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the introduction of printing into England, 25 Oct 1876.
pages 78 and 95: Copyright Committee, 1 Feb 1887-14 Jan 1891.
pages 86-88, 96-97: Stockkeepers and Members of the General Purposes Committee, 2 Jan 1889, 30 Jul 1890, 1 Mar-16 Jul 1912.
pages 122-129, 131, 133-139: Special Committee appointed to consider the present state of the English Stock, 13 Jun 1893-20 Jun 1894, 27 Nov 1900, 28 Jan 1902-5 Jul 1904.
page 130: Committee appointed to provide a Badge for the Master of the Company, 4 Jun 1878.
page 132: Committee appointed to consider the two Bills relating to Copyright introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Monkswell, 9 May 1899.
pages 143-144: Committee appointed to report upon the fees payable to the Company upon admission to the Cloathing and Freedom or otherwise, 1 Dec 1896.
page 150: Committee appointed to make arrangements for the Entertainment to the Livery, 9 Jan 1877.
pages 177-199, 312-315: Pensions Committee, 6 Feb 1917-30 May 1928.
pages 200-205, 208-214, 320-327: Wine Committee, 3 Jul 1877-4 Mar 1879, 3 May 1887-27 Nov 1894, 26 Jul 1898-29 Jul 1913, 19 Jul 1921-25 Jul 1922, 2 Jan 1923-6 Mar 1928.
page 206: Committee appointed to consider the question of the Company continuing to be a donor to the London School of Printing, 6 Dec 1927.
pages 219-222: Committee appointed to consider the question of the penholders pencils and other articles of stationery which were reaching this Country from Germany and America, 2-31 May 1916.
pages 300-311: Joint Committee, 5 Dec 1922-12 Jan 1926.
pages 316-318, 333-339, 360-362: House Committee, 14 Jun 1927-4 Jun 1928.
pages 340-347: Stationers' Hall Registry Committee, 3 Nov 1925-3 May 1927.
Pasted into volume are 2 documents:
page 100: First report of the Committee appointed the 11th January. 1876, as to the several sources of income of this Company, and the improvement thereof, 27 Mar 1876.
page 228: photocopy of estimate of income and expenditure, 1 Jul 1920-30 Jun 1921.
At page 121 is a description of the porters' duties.