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Januarj/ Ath, 1853. 



Mr. OuD, President, in the Chair. ' 



A letter was read from the Hon. J. P. Kennedy, Secretary of the 

 Navy, dated Navy Department, Washington, Dec. 25th, 1852, acknow- 

 ledging the receipt of a copy of the Preamble and Kesolutions adopted 

 by the Academy on the l-lth of that mouth, approving the recom- 

 mendations and suggestions contained in his recent report to the Presi- 

 dent, and his efforts for 'Hhe encouragement of missions tending to pro- 

 mote scientific researches in our own and other countries.'' 



The Secretary also expresses to the Academy " his peculiar pleasure 

 in taking advantage of the opportunity to signalize, by an official com- 

 mendation, the meritorious labors of tlieir fellow member Dr. Kane, and 

 to enable him, with such aid as he could bestow, once more to embark 

 upon a sea of adventure, in which his philanthropy and love of science 

 have already won him equal and imperishable honor : and also trusted, 

 that with the support of the Academy, and the countenance of the Go- 

 vernment, he would return, after his second Expedition to the Arctic 

 Circle, with new claims to the congratulations of his friends, and the 

 applause of his country." 



. A letter was read from jMr. J. P. Lapham, dated Milwaukee, Wis- 

 consin, Dec. 16, 1852, offering to exchange specimens of objects of 

 Natural History for copies of the Journal and Proceedings. Referred 

 to the Publication Committee and the Curators, with power to act. 



*t January Wtli. 



Mr. Ord, President, in the Chair. 



A communication was read from the Greological Society of London, 

 dated Nov. 4th, 1852, acknowledging the receipt of late numbers of the 

 Proceedings. 



A communication was also read from Prof. Frazer, Chairman of a 

 Committee appointed by the American Philosophical Society, '' to act 

 in concert with Dr. Kane, and such societies as have determined to act 

 in concert with him, in carrying out the scientific objects of the pro- 

 jected Arctic Expedition," dated 30th Dec, 1852, expressing the desire 

 of the Committee to give their assistance in any plan for forwarding the 

 objects of the Expedition, which the Acadenjy might think proper to 

 suggest. Keferred to the Committee previously appointed on this sub- 

 ject. 



Dr. Le Conte read a paper intended for publication in the Proceedings 

 of the Academy, entitled " Descriptions of twenty new species of Cole- 

 optera inhabiting the United States j" which was referred to Dr. Zant- 

 zinger. Dr. Pickering and Dr. Leidy. 



Dr. Woodhouse presented a paper for publication in the Proceedings, 



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