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^pril 3d, 1849. 

 Mr. Phillips in the Chair. 



Letters were read : — 



J^rom Dr. Thomas Horsfield, dated Library of East India House, 

 London, March 8, 184-9, notifying the Academy of the transmission, 

 by order of tlio Directors of the East India ('ompany's Museum, of pias- 

 ter casts of Himalaya fossils, to rej)lace those which had been broken 

 in a former transportation ; together with a list of the same. 



From the Secretary of the same Company, dated February 16, 184-9, 

 to the same effect. 



From the Assistant Secretary of the Directors of the British Museum, 

 dated February, 22, 1849, returning acknowledgments to the Academy 

 for the donation of a cast of one side of the inferior maxilla of 

 Mylodon. 



From the Geological Society of London, dated Somerset House, 

 November 2, 1848, acknowledging the receipt of Part 2, Vol. 1, New 

 Series of the Journal of the Academy, and of other publications. 



From Henry W. Ravenel,Esq., of Black Oak, South Carolina, dated 

 March 14, 1849, acknowledging the receipt of his notice of election as 

 a Correspondent. 



From Dr. Mydleton Michel, dated Charleston, S. C, March 20, 

 1849, also acknowledging the receipt of his notice of election as a 

 Correspondent. 



^piil lOt/i, 1849. 

 Professor Haldeman in the Chair. 



A letter was read from James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant Secretary ot 

 Directors of ]?ritish Museum, dated March 2, 1849, acknowledging the 

 receipt of the Proceedings of the Academy for July to October, 1848. 



A communication was read from ISIr. E. George Squier, U. S. 

 Charge d'Allairesto Central America, expressing his desire to attach to 

 his suite, on behalf of the Academy, a person competent to prosecute 

 scientific researches in that country, especially in (Jeology, Botany, 

 Zoology, &.C. ; and offering to such person every facility tliat his olli- 

 cial position could command. 



Professor Meigs read a memoir entitled " Observations on the repro- 

 ductive organs and on the fcutus of the Delphinus Nesarnak.'' Keferred 

 to Drs. Leidy, Hallowell, and Grilhth. 



On motion the Corresponding Secretary was requested to make some 

 inquiries of Mr. Squier, respecting the character of the position which 

 would be occupied by the person proposed to be attached to his 

 mission. 



