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July 2d, 1850. 

 Prof. Horner, in the Chair. 



A letter was read from the Royal Society of Copenhagen, dated 10th 

 November, 18-19, acknowledging the receipt of late numbers of the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Academy. 



Mr. Vaux announced the decease of Dr. R. Eglesfeld Grifhth, one of 

 the Vice Presidents of this Institution, which took place in this city on 

 Wednesday, 2()th June, 1850. 



July 16t/i. 

 Mr. Phillips in the Chair. 



A letter was read from the Librarian of the British Museum, return- 

 ing thanks for recent numbers of the Academy's Proceedings. 



Dr. McEuen exhibited a portion of the charred bark taken from one 

 of the trees in the district which had suffered from the recent exten- 

 sive conflagration, and which was covered with a pink colored fungus, 

 in masses somewhat spheroidal in form, and nearly half an inch in 

 diameter. The dead and withered bark of the shade trees, of many 

 species throughout the district, was generally covered with this 

 fungus. 



July 30th. 

 Dr. Morton, President, in the Chair. 



The Monthly Report of the Corresponding Secretary was read and 

 adopted. 



Dr. Bridges, after some appropriate preliminary remarks on the 

 character of the late Dr. Griffith, offered the following resolutions, 

 which were unanimously adopted. 



Resolved, That the members of this Society are impressed with un- 

 feigned sorrow at the death, on the 26th ult.,of their esteemed fellow 

 member and Vice President, Dr. Robert Eglesfeld Griffith. 



Resolved, That Dr. Griffith endeared himself to us by the uniform 

 urbanity of his manner, by his remarkable attainments in natural 

 science, and by his devotion to the interests of this Institution. 



Resolved, That the Academy records, with pleasure and gratitude, 

 its indebtedness to Dr. Griffith, for extensive and valuable additions to 

 its Library and Collections, and, above all, for the donation of his 

 magnificent collection of shells, on which he had bestowed much of 

 the leisure of twenty-five years of his life. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be communicated to the 

 family of the deceased. 



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