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ences, such as the nature of the soil, amount of vapor, clouds, alti- 

 tude of the sun, &c. &c. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 508 to 518, and new nomina- 

 tion No. 519, were read. 



On motion of Mr. Peale the following resolution was con- 

 sidered and adopted : Resolved, That the Curators be au- 

 thorized to make such selection as they may deem proper, of 

 articles from the Cabinet of the Society, and place them at 

 the disposal of the Chairman of the Committee on Curiosities, 

 Relics, and Autographs, for the Sanitary Commission, as a 

 loan for exhibition during the ensuing fair. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, 3Iarch 18, 1864. 



Present, twenty-three members. 



Judge Sharswood, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Prof. William D. Whitney, a recently elected member, was 

 introduced to the presiding officer and took his seat. 



Letters announcing the transmission of publications were 

 received from the Royal Academy at Lisbon, dated Novem- 

 ber 25th, 1863, and from the Engineer Department at Wash- 

 ington, March 17th, 1864. 



Donations for the Library were announced from the Royal 

 Academy at Lisbon, the Royal Society at Edinburgh, the 

 British Meteorological Society, the Annales des Mines, the 

 Boston N. H. Society, the Franklin Institute, Messrs. Blan- 

 chard and Lea, and the Engineer Department of the United 

 States. 



On motion of Mr. Barnes, Dr. Goodwin was appointed to 

 prepare an obituary notice of the late President Hitchcock. 



The Secretary read a letter from Prof. Wilson, of Toronto, 

 offering for sale a new copy of the "Birds of Australia," 

 costing originally £150, and never yet taken from its case. 



