Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting: Lord Charles Cavendish in the chair; Lord Willoughby; Dr Bradley; Dr Ward; Dr Knight; Mr Brown; Mr Warner; Mr Watson; Mr Scott; Dr Birch and P Davall Secretaries Mr Scott was sworn of the new Council Minutes of last Council read Ordered; 1. That the Earl of Cardigan, Mr Hill, Mr Fauquier, Mr Bevan, Mr Tempest and Dr Wintring receive volumes of the Transactions they have not yet had delivered to them 2. The two receipts given by the late Mr Folkes for the boxes of books belongiing to the Society to be returned to Mr William Folkes his Executor, as the boxes had been returned and the contents checked. 18 December 1755