116 Record of the Royal Society. 



QUEEN VICTORIA. 

 1838. July 5. The grant of two Royal Medals continued. 



1663. December 14. W. Balle. Gift of 100 and u an iron Chest 

 having three Locks and Keyes." This chest is still in use. 



1664. June 22. Sir John Cutler. Settled an annual stipend of 

 50 a year upon Robert Hooke, for a Lectureship, empower- 

 ing the President, Council, and Fellows of the Society to 

 appoint the subjects and number of lectures. 



1665-6. February 21. Daniel Colwall. Gift of 100. " Voted, 

 that the Fifty pounds in cash ; that were formerly presented 

 by Mr. Colwall, be delivered out, to be added to another Fifty 

 pounds presented by the same, to pay for the Collection of 

 Rarities, formerly belonging to Mr. Hubbard." 



1666-7. January 2. Henry Howard (afterwards sixth Duke of 

 Norfolk). Gift to the Society of "the Library of Arundel 

 House, to dispose thereof as their property" (see p. 168). 

 The Society " ordered that Mr. Howard should be registered 

 as a benefactor." 



1673. November 27. Dr. Wilkins, Bishop of Chester. Bequest of 

 400, invested January 21, 1674-5. in a Fee Farm Rent at 

 Lewes. 



1685. November 11. Samuel Pepys. A gift of 50, " to be laid 

 out as the Council shall judge most convenient." The money was 

 used to pay for 50 Plates to Willughby's ' Historia Piscium.' 



17081718. Sir Isaac Newton. 190. At the Meeting of % 

 Council on January 21, 1707, the President, Sir Isaac Newton, 

 " proposed to the Councill of the Society that if they would 

 please to accept of free Gifts, of about or 20 pounds, from 10 

 any of their members, English or Foreigners, to be paid after 

 the death of the Donors, for promoting Natural Philosophy, 

 he had a prospect of obtaining some such Gifts ; and the 

 Councill agreed to accept of them with thanks." At the 

 meeting on January 12, 1708-9, the President gave the Society 

 twenty pounds instead of the like sume he intended after his 

 death ; which was order'd to be put up by itself, and to be 

 subject to such End or Benefaction as the President shall 

 direct. On December 14, 1710, " the President acquainted 

 the Councill that he would give towards the easing of the 

 Debt of y e Society for y e House [in Crane Court], besides the 

 twenty pounds he had reserved, One Hundred Pounds." On 

 November 6, 1718, "the Treasurer acquainted the Council 

 that Sir Isaac Newton had lately paid him as a Gift to the 

 Society seventy pounds." 



