Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: Sir John Hoskins; Sir Robert Southwell; Mr Hill; Mr Creed; Dr Harwood; Dr Sloane; Dr Havers ' Dr Hutton; Mr Thoresby; Mr Moivre; Mr Stepney; Monsieur Bauval were proposed balloted and approved of. Mr Hunt's salary from 14 January 1696 to 14 July 1697 ordered to be paid him. Dr Havers and Dr Harwood were proposed, ballotted and approved of to be a Committe for auditing the accounts. Dr Hutton and Mr Stepney were admitted Mr Mountague, Sir Robert Sothwell, Sir Godfrey Copley, Mr Evelyn, Mr Henshaw, Mr Hill, Sir John Hoskins, Pittfield, Sloan, Waller, Harwood, were continued of the Councell. Mr Mountague President, Mr Hill Treasurer, Sloan, Waller, Secretarys. ' 30 November 1697