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of Scientific Memoirs, for some time in course of preparation 

 by the Royal Society, and now nearly ready for publication. 

 A list of Journals and Transactions of societies included in the 

 Index accompanied the letter. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of publications were 

 read from the London Geological Society, November 4, 1863; 

 the Royal Astronomical Society, London, October 17 ; the 

 Scientific Commission of the Royal Zoological Society of 

 Amsterdam, August 25 ; Mr. Troyon, of Lausanne, August 

 7; the Royal Academy at Turin, August 11, and the Royal 

 Saxon Society at Leipsig, October 10, 1863. 



Letters announcing or accompanying donations for the Li- 

 brary were received from the Harvard Observatory, January 

 20, 1864 ; the Royal Geological Society, London, November 

 20, 1863; the Royal Zoological Society at Amsterdam, Au- 

 gust 25; the Royal Saxon Society, Leipsig, August 22 and 

 29, and the Imperial Academy at Vienna, August 25, 1863. 



Donations for the Library were announced from the 

 Academy at St. Petersburg ; the Central Russian Observa- 

 tory ; the German Geological Society ; the Royal Saxon 

 Society ; the Imperial Geological Institute and Imperial 

 Academy at Vienna; the New Astronomical Society at Hei- 

 delburg; the Royal Zoological Society at Amsterdam; the 

 Geographical Society, and M. Delesse, at Paris ; M. Des 

 Moulins, of Bordeaux ; The Royal Academy at Turin ; the 

 Royal Society, Royal Institution, Royal Astronomical, Royal 

 Zoological, Chemical, and Linnean Societies, and Society of 

 Arts, of London ; the Bath Agricultural Society ; the Royal 

 Dublin Society ; Harvard College ; Mr. G. P. Bond ; the Ameri- 

 can Academy ; the Boston Society of Natural History ; the 

 American Journal of Science ; the Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences ; Mr. F. Leypoldt, Messrs. Blanchard and Lea, and 

 Mr. Isaac Lea, of Philadelphia; Mr. T. U. Walter, of Wash- 

 ington, and Mr. A. S. Taylor, of San Francisco. 



Donations of photographs for the Album were reported as 

 follows : two of Richard Lepsius, one of L. De Koninck, one 

 of David's bust of Humboldt, one of J. F. Encke, one of M. 

 Troyon, one of Leopold Von Buch, and one of M. Delesse. 



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