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Britton A. Hill, Esq., authorized the Treasurer to call upon 

 him for $50 as a contribution towards the publication of the 

 Transactions ; for which liberal donation the Academy, on 

 motion, passed a vote of thanks. 



January 21, 1861. 



The President, Dr. Estgelmann, in the chair. 



Six members present. 



Letters were read from the Verein fur Naturk. in Wiirtemberg:, dated 

 Sept. 1, 1860, and Soc. Italiana Sci. Nat., dated Milan, June 28, 1860, 

 acknowledging receipt of Transactions and transmitting publications in 

 exchange ; and Naturf. Verein zu Riga, dated April 28, 1860, sending 

 publications. 



The following donations to the library were received : 



Proc. Amer. Antiq. Soc. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 1860, from the Society; 

 Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersburg, 7e. Ser., T. II. No. 4-7, T. 111. 

 No. 1, I860,— Bulletin of same, T. II No. 1-3, from the Imperial Acade- 

 my; Sitzungsberichie der K. K. Akad. Wiss. math, naturw. Classe XL - 

 XLI. Bd. 11-17, XXXIX. Bd. 6, Wien, 1860, from the Imperial Aral.; 

 Jahrb. K. K. Geol. Reichs. Jahrg. VI. No. 1, Wien, 1860, from the Impe- 

 rial Soc; Atti della Soc. Geol. Milano, Vol. I., fasc. 1-8, 1855-9, from 

 the Soc; Atti della Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Milano, Vol. II., fasc. 1, 1859-60, 

 from the Soc; Correspondenzblatt de* Naturf. Ver. zu Riga J;thrg. XL 

 1859, from the Society; Atti del. Imp. Reg. Inst. Veneto, T. V., Ser. III., 

 Disp. 8, 1859 60, from the Imperial Inst.; Wurtemb. naturw. Jahres- 

 hefte, 2-3 Heft, 1860,/rom the Society; Jour. Frank. Inst, January, 1861, 

 from the Institute . 



Prof. Charles Ran was elected an Associated Member, and 

 Prof. Adolph Weiss, of the Imperial University of Vienna, a 

 Corresponding Member. 



February 4, 1861. 



Dr. II. A. Prout in the chair. 



Five members present 



The following donations were received for the library: 



Me'moires et Documents publics par la Soc. Historique de Montreal, 3e. 

 Liv., 1860, from dipt. L. J. Huguet-Latour ; Jour, of Education, Mon- 

 treal, Dec. i860, from the Publishers ; Notice of the Origin and Present 

 Condition of the Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., by W. S. W. Ruschenberger, 

 M.D., Philad., I860,— Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Dec. 1860,/rom the 

 Academy. 



A paper presented for publication by B. F. Shumard, M.D., 

 State Geologist of Texas, entitled "Descriptions of New Cre- 

 taceous Fossils from Texas," was read by the Corresponding 

 Secretary. Referred to a committee. 



