Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: The President; Mr Hill; Dr Plumtree; Dr Sloane; Dr Mead; Mr Bemde; Dr Arbuthnott; Mr Foley; Dr Harwood; Mr Cowper; Mr Petiver; Mr Chamberlayne ' The Councell ordered that immediate care should be taken about the Fee Farm Rents. Colonel Hunter and Mr Tiffnell were proposed, baloted for, and approved of to be Candidates to be proosed Members of the Society. ' 4 May 1709