Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: The President; Dr Lister; Mr Hill; Mr hook; Dr Slare; Mr Walter; Mr Hally [Halley]; Mr Aston ' Dr Lister sworn Vice President. Ordered That the Treasurer pay the following Sums- To Dr Papin Eighteen pounds, whereof fifteen pounds is for Sallary, and the other three pounds, for a Pnewmatick Engine he made them. To Mr Wicks ffifteen pounds for a year and a halfs Sallary To Mr Hunt twenty pounds, for half a years Sallary To the Porter two pounds That the Treasurer send for Mr Foster the Person that Catalogues the Books in the Library, and advise him to be more moderate in his demands, and to attend the next Meeting of the Council. ' 14 January 1685