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Bulletin de VAcademie de Bruxelles. Nos. 9 — 12. 



Annuaire de VAcademie de Bruxelles, Cinquieme annee. 

 Presented by the Academy. 



Annuaire de V Observation de Bruxelles ^ pour 1839. Par 

 M. Quetelet. 



Resume des Observations Meteor ologiqueS, 1838. Par 

 M. Quetelet. Presented by the Author. 



Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de VAca- 

 demie des Sciences, Par MM. les Secretaires Perpetuels. 

 Nos. 12 — 17. Premier Semestrie, 1839. Presented by the 

 Academy. 



Eclair cissements sur la destination de trois Zodiaques An- 

 tiques. Par M. de Briere. Presented by the Author. 



The Turkish Empire illustrated. Parts 1 — 12, Pre- 

 sented by Dr. Walsh. 



Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Vol. 

 III. Part I. Presented by the Institution. 



May 27, 1839. 

 SIR Wm. R. HAMILTON, A.M., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the Academy were voted to Sir William 

 Betham for his services as Secretary of Foreign Corres- 

 pondence ; he having resigned that office, together with his 

 place in the Council. 



Dr. Aquilla Smith was elected to the vacant place in the 

 Council ; and Professor Mac Cullagh was appointed Secre- 

 tary of Foreign Correspondence. 



Dr. Wilde made a second communication on the subject 

 of the Peruvian Mummy. It appeared that, in accordance 

 with the wish of the subscribers, a further examination of 



