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Letters announcing donations were received from the Royal 

 Society at Gottingen, October 15th ; the Royal Prussian 

 Academy, Berlin, August 15th ; the P. Jablonowski Society 

 at Leipsic, September 25th ; the Royal Saxon Society, July 

 31st and August 15th ; the Upper Lausatian Society at Gor- 

 litz, September 29th; the Mineralogical Society at St. Pe- 

 tersburg, September 10th, and the Imperial Society of Natu- 

 ralists at Moscow, February 15th, 1862 ; also from the Royal 

 Physico-Economical Society at Konigsberg, May 6th, and 

 the Munich Academy, May 24th, 1861, 



A second letter was read, addressed to the President, from 

 Count d'Hericourt, Paris, November 15th, 1862, respecting 

 his new review. 



A letter from N. Trlibner & Co., respecting future corre- 

 spondence, was received, dated London, December 19th, 

 1862. 



Donations for the Library were announced from the learned 

 Academies and Societies at St. Petersburg, Moscow, Konigs- 

 berg, Berlin, Leipsic, Gottingen, Munich, Gorlitz, Mann- 

 heim, Em den, Haarlem, and Dijon ; M. Des Moulins at Bor- 

 deaux ; Hon. James Pollock, Philadelphia ; Blanchard & 

 Lea; Prof. Evan Pugh ; Mr. Thomas U. Walter, of Wash- 

 ington, and the Superintendents of the United States Coast 

 Survey and Nautical Observatory. 



Dr. Bache announced the death of Prof. James Renwick, 

 January 12th, 1863, at New York, aged 70. 



On motion of Mr. Fraley, Prof. Lesley was elected Libra- 

 rian for the ensuing year. 



On motion, the following Standing Committees were chosen : 



Committee on Finance. — Mr. Fraley, Mr. J. F. James, Mr. 

 Samuel Powel. 



Conmiittee on Puhlicatio7i. — Dr. Bridges, Mr. T. P. James, 

 Dr. Hartshorne, Prof. Coppde, Dr. Wister. 



Committee on Hall. — Mr. Peale, Judge King, Prof. Cop- 

 p^e. 



Committee on Lihrary. — Dr. Bell, Dr. Stevens, Dr. Coates, 

 Mr. Price, Mr. Barnes. 



The list of surviving members was read, and corrected by 



