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The following publications were received : 



Rep. of Com. on Reconstruction, Dec, 1866 ; Commercial Relations, 

 1864; President's Mess, and Doc, 1865-6; Rep. on Cotton; Rep. on 

 Revenue, U. S. Senate, from the Hon. P. Gratz Brown. Proc Amer. 

 Antiquarian Soc, 1866, from the Society. Dublin Quar. Jour, of Sci., 

 No. 24, 1866, from the Editor. Jour, of the Royal Geol. Soc. of Ireland, 

 vol. i., pt. 2, from the Society. K. K. Geograph. Gesellschaft, Mittheil. 

 viii., Jahrg. 1864, Heft 2, Wien, from the Society. I. R. Istituto Veneto, 

 Atti, T. xi., Disp. 5-7, 1865-6, from the Institution. Wurzburger Med. 

 Zeitschrift, Band viii., Heft 2, from the Society. Naturw. Gesellschaft 

 Isis in Dresden : Sitzungsb. , Jahrg. 1866, Nos. 1-12, from the Society. 



On motion of the Corresponding Secretary, the Buffalo 

 Society of Natural History was j^laced on the list of ex- 

 changes. 



Dr. Engelmann read a paper on the genus Isoetes, allied 

 to the Ferns. Referred to the Committee on Publication. 



January 7, 1867. 



The President in the chair. 

 Nineteen members present. 

 Letters were read. 

 Publications received : 



Proc Literary and Phil. Soc. of Leeds, vol. 3-4 ; Memoirs, 3d series, 

 vol. ii., from the Society. Overijss. Vereeniging tot Ontwikk. van Prov. 

 Welvaart, Verslag. 1865, Zwolle ; Register van Charters, Dl. iii., 1528- 

 1584 ; Annuaire Meteorol. des Pays Bas pour l'an 1865, 1-2, from the 

 Society. Naturw. Gesellschaft zu Marburg : Schriften, Supp. Heft 1866, 

 from the Society. Bataafsch Genootschap : Verhand., Dl. xii., 2-3 stuck, 

 Rotterdam, from the Society. University Catholique de Louvain, Annu- 

 aire, 1846-48, 1851-54, 7 vols; Programme des Cours., 1865-6, Theses, 

 15, from the University. Steiermarkisch-Laudschaftl. Ober-Realschule 

 in Gratz: Jahresb., Nos. 11-14, 1862-5; Rechnungs-Abschluss, 1864; 

 Industrie u. Gewerbe-Blatt, Jahrg. 9-10, Gratz, from the Society. Zeeu- 

 wsche, Genootschap der Wetenschappen : Verslag, Nov. 15, 1865, Mid- 

 delburg; Archief. vi., 1866; Bericht der Direction, 1863-4-5; Zelandia 

 IUustrata, 1 afl. 1866, M. T. Lautsheer; Aequivalent Gewichten van 24 

 Metalen, L. Mulder, Utrecht, 1853, from the Society. 



Dr. Engelmann read his Annual Report of Meteorological 

 Observations for the year 1866. Referred to the Committee 

 on Publication. 



Dr. Wislizenus read his Annual Report of Observations 

 on Atmospheric Electricity, with tables showing comparisons 

 for the last six years. Referred to the Committee on Publi- 

 cation. 



Mr. Holmes submitted some remarks upon the Loess and 

 Drift in connection with the Big Mound at St. Louis, as 

 follows : 



An interesting chapter on "Surface Geology" is to be found in the 

 "Geological Survey of Illinois, by A.H. Worthen, Director" (Vol. I., 

 1866, pp. 24-39), which it may be well to compare with Prof. Swallow's 



