Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Papers Present at the meeting: The President; Dr Blagden; Mr James Burrow; John Campbell Esq; Reverend Mr Harper; George Keate Esq; Lord Macclesfield; Sir William Musgrave; Joseph Planta Esq Secretary; George [?]; Reverend Dtr Stinton; Benjamin Way Esq; Smel Wegg Esq ' The papers of this year 1779 and 1780 were delivered up all but Dr Musgrave's paper in answer to the Report of the Committee by the Royal Society to consider of the accident at Purfleet by Lightning. A Paper of Mr de Levis on aerial refractions in Mr de Luc's possession and Mr John Hunter's lecture on Muscular Motion, which remain in Mr Maty's possession together with a couple of drawings. 1781 25 January Mr Pennant Account of four Earthquakes Printed 1779 18 March Mr Davila Account of a new Species of Bark from Santa Fee. Postponed 24 June The Astronomer Royal An improvement fo the prismatic Micrometer. Postponed 1780 13 January Mr Frazer New Experiments on Vegetation. Postponed 4 May Mr Anderson Account of a process for obtaining a very fine kind of venous spirits from potatoes. Postponed 1 June Earl Stanhope Observations on the Moats of a deflected Equation. Postponed 1781 1 February Mr Smeathman Some accounts of the Termes of Linnaeus. To be printed with each of the platesas the President shall direct. 22 February Dr Blane Account of the Hurricane at Barbados. Postponed 15 March Mr de la Frobe A Meteorological Journal kept at Nain and one at Olnah. Postponed 22 March Mr Herschel Account of a new Comet. Postponed 29 March 1781