Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present; The President; Dr Taylor; Dr Pound; Edmund Halley; Mr Bridges; Dr Mead; Mr Watkins; Mr Jones; Mr Pitfeild; Lord Paisley ' The Lord Chief Baron Bury, Collonel Cadogan, Mr Conduite, Dr James Campbell, Dr Stephens, Mr Samuel Cruyse, Mr deLagny of the French Academy The Committee for Auditing the Accounts reported that they had found them just and the ballance £241 -7 3d and a half penny in the hands of the Treasurer. ' 1 December 1718