Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: Dr Lister Vice President; Sir John Hoskins; Mr Hook; Mr Hill; Mr Aston ' Orderd, That the Treasurer pay to Dr Papin a Quarters Sallary, being Seaven pounds ten shillings. Orderd, That the Treasurer pay a Bill for the copying the remainder of the Register Books, and other things there specified, being sixteen pounds Nine shillings: Payable to Mr Aston ; for the use of John Williams. ' 8 July 1685