Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: the President in the chair; Mr Baker; Mr Belchier; Mr Burrow; Lord Charles Cavendish; Mr Davall; Dr Crusius; Dr Parsons; Mr Short; Dr Watson; Mr Wegg; Dr Birch and Dr Morton, Secretaries Newly elected members of Council; Earl of Marchmount took the Oath, and Mr Peter Collinson made his solemn affirmation Minutes of last meeting read Dr Parsons resigned his office as Assistant to the Secretaries for Foreign papers; agreed to meet on 4 March to fill it. Ordered volumes of Transactions to be delivered to Sir Clifton Wintringham and Charles Grey Esq. 25 February 1762