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Societies and individuals. The motion was unanimously 

 adopted. 



Professor Levering made a report in behalf of the Com- 

 mittee of Publication, 



Francis C Gray, Esq. called the attention of the Academy 

 to the proposed work of Professor Agassiz on American Natu- 

 ral History. He made an earnest appeal in its behalf, urging 

 gentlemen to individual effort to obtain subscribers, as in no 

 other way could so expensive an undertaking be carried 

 through. Six hundred subscribers, he stated, would be ne- 

 cessary to pay the mere cost of the work. His remarks were 

 seconded and enforced by the President. 



Mr. Francis Parkman was elected a Fellow of the Acad- 

 emy, in the Section of Political Economy and History. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the decease of the 

 following members of the Academy during the past year : — 



Foreign Honorary Members. 



Prof. Carl Friedrich Gauss, Gottingen. 

 Macedoine Melloni, Naples. 



Sir Henry de la Beche, London, 



Associate Felloivs. 



Prof. J. P. Norton, New Haven. 



Dr. R. M. Patterson, Philadelphia. 



Dr. N. Drake, Cincinnati. 



Prof. J. L. Kingsley, New Haven. 



Resident Fellows. 



Dr. W. I. Burnett, Boston. 



Dr. Samuel Parkman, Boston. 



Dr. B. A. Gould, Jr., addressed the Academy in relation to 

 the recent calamity which had befallen Science in the death 

 of Gauss, and concluded by offering the following resolutions, 

 which were seconded by Professor Lovering, and unanimously 

 adopted : — 



