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Dr. Hayes said that the metal had already been applied 

 for manufacturing purposes in Philadelphia. The price there 

 was $108 a pound. 



Dr. W. F. Channing also exhibited half an ounce of this 

 metal, with a piece of silver of the same weight, to show 

 their comparative specific gravities. He also showed some 

 alloys of aluminium with silver, prepared by Mr. Farmer. 

 For this purpose this metal would probably be found very 

 valuable. 



Four liuiidred and twenty-eiglitU nieetins^. 



May 27, 1856. — Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The President reported from the Council a list of the Fel- 

 lows, Associate Fellows, and Foreign Honorary Members 

 chosen during the past year. Also a list of those deceased 

 since the last annual meeting, viz. : — 



Fellows deceased. 



Hon. Abbott Lawrence, Boston. 



Dr. Thaddeus W. Harris, Cambridge. 



Hon, Charles Jackson, Boston. 



Hon. S. S. Wilde, Boston. 



Dr. John C. Warren, Boston. 



Associate Fellows deceased. 



Dr. Elisha Bartlett, Rhode Island. 



Hon. "William Cranch, Washington. 



Commodore Charles Morris, Washington. 



Foreign Honorary Member deceased. 

 Sir William Hamilton, Edinburgh. 



The Treasurer, the Committee on Publications, and the 

 Committee on the Library, severally presented their annual 

 reports. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows, viz. : — 



