Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: The president; Dr Sloane; Mr Balle; Dr Cockburn; Mr Tempest; Mr Hill; Edmund Halley; Mr Hill; Mr Aston ' The Lord Newburough, Chevalier de Louveille Mr Mon-Mort Mr Geoffrey the younger Mr Shaw [?] and Mr Pemberton were ballotted and approved by the Council in order to be proposed Candidates to the Society. It was Ordered that a Coppy of Mr Vryberg's Bond be delivered to Mr Gravesand, and that he be desired to use his Endeavour to procure the money for the Society's use. The President Signed an Order to the Treasurer to pay Mr Thomas fifteen pounds in full for half a years Salary due on the 7th of June last. ' 9 June 1715