Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: The President; Mr Hill; Mr Lowthorp; Dr Arbuthnot; Mr Clavel; Dr Sloane; Mr Moreland; Mr Derham; Dr Harris; Mr roberts; Dr Woodward; Mr Waller; Mr Isted; Dr Mead; Dr Cockburn; Sir John Percival ' It was ordered that the Statute concerning Elections, not Entered in the Statute Book, should be Entered. It waas ordered that a Copy of the Statutes of the Society in Vellum shall be kept by the Library = Keeper to be consulted only by the Fellows of the Society. ' 17 May 1710