Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: the President in the chair; Dr Bradley; Lord Charles Cavendish; Mr Clarke; Mr Davall; Mr Fauquier; Mr White; Mr Mead; Dr Nesbitt; Mr Sotheby; Mr White; Dr Birch and Dr Morton, Secretaries Minutes of the last meeting read Mr Davall confirmed the Directors of the East India Company had promised to make it a part of their orders to their Governor and Council at Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia] regarding supplies of money Lord Charles Cavendish, Mr Davall and Mr Mead appointed by ballot as auditors of the annual accounts Treasurer ordered after a ballot to pay; 1. £60 to each of the two Secretaries as annual salary, and ten guineas as a gratuity 2. £20 to Dr Parsons as salary as Assistant to the Secretaries for Foreign Correspondence; and £40-7-6 to Mr Hauksbee for his bill 3. £15 to Mr Davall, to Mr Robert Waddington for his stores of liquor at St Helena; and £20 as advance for part of his gratuity stipulated for the voyage. Receipt given by Mr Waddington. 20 November 1760