| Description | Present at t Council. The President; Lord Charles Cavendish; Mr West; Mr Jones; Mr Richard Graham; Mr Eames; Mr Hodgson; Dr Mortimer; Mr Machin
It was Ordered tht the Treasurer or some other Member of the Council do desire Mr Gill to favour the Society with his assistance in causing the Work tht has been done to be viewed and measured, and to ascertain the value thereof.
It was agreed to and Ordered by Ballot that the two Secretaries be allowed each the Sum of sixty pounds for their Services of the present year.
Ordered by Ballot that Mr Zollman be paid his Salary of twenty pounds for the present year.
Ordered by Ballot that Mr Hauksbee's Bill amounting to £27 . 6. 0 be paid.
Ordered that Mr Theobald's Bill of £2.14.6 be paid.
A Bill of Mr Sissons for making a Case for the Standard Weights and Measures of England and France, amounting to the Sum of £1.3.0 was ordered to be paid.
The President informed the Council that Sir Hans Sloane had ordered that Sir Godfrey Copley's Prize for the present year should be given to Captain Middleton, f9or the comminication of his Observations in the attempt at discovering a North - West Passage to the East Indies through Hudson's Bay.
Whereupon it was Ordered that a Gold Medal be taken out of the strong Box, to be marked and delivered accordingly.
A Committee of three to be joined with the President and one of the Secretaries for auditing the Treasurer's Accompts on the part of the Council, being nominated gy the President, were severally put to the Ballot and elected as follows : Lord Charles Cavendish, Sir John Evelyn Bart, William Jones Esq.
A Bill of Charges and Expences of Mr Hauksbee in attending the Gentlement of the Committee for examing some Propositions in Gunnery was delivered in : but be reason of some blank Articles left to the discretion of the Council was referred to the Gentlemen of the said Committee to have their opinion concerning them.
The President read the contents of a Letter from Sir Marmaduke Wyvil concerning a Proposdition for buying out his Contributions ; which not coming up precisely, as he thought it did, to the terms established by the Council it was thought fit to refer the considertin of his Case to the arbitration of the President and Taylor White Esq proposed by Sir Marmaduke himself.
The Treasurer informed the Council that upon a view it appeared necessary that some repairs should be made upon their Farm at Acton on the Barns and Out-houses, to prevent their running to decay.
Whereupon it was Ordered that the Treasurer be desired to cause the same to be inspected, and give such directions thereupon as he shall think requisite.
It was further Ordered that the President and the Treasurer be desired to consult together concerning the disposal of the Pictures in the Rooms since they have been new painted, and to give such directions therein as in their discretion shall seem most proper.
Ordered that Mr Hauksbee inform Mr Davis and Mr Woodward Booksellers, that the Society are willing to accept their Offer of ninety - two Pounds for the Books mentioned in the Proposal made by them on the 16th of April 1740.
A Proposal was made tht the Bonds which should hereafter be taken from Members, to engage the payment of their Contributions, should be for the Sum of fifty Pounds, instead of twenty Pounds : but it was thought convenient to refer the consideration thereof to the next Council.
It being represented, that Pontack's house in Abchurch Lane lies in an inconvenient place for the Society to dine at, by reason of the streightness of the passages for Coaches, and as it is so much out of the way for Gentlemen who live at the other end of Town ; and that it would be much more agreeable to the Society in general to appoint a house nearer Crane - Court in a more open place :
It was proposed and Resolved that the anniversary dinner shall for this year, by way of trial, be held at the Devil - Tavern near Temple Bar; that house being accommodated with a convenient Room for the purpose. |