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On motion of Mr. Fraley, and owing to the absence, through 

 sickness, of the chairman of the committee on the condition of 

 the Society, the discussion of the alterations in the Laws and 

 Regulations, proposed by the committee, was again postponed 

 to the next meeting. 



The resolutions of Council, relating to the Magellanic pre- 

 mium, implying an alteration of the by-laws, they were laid 

 upon the table for consideration at the r.ext meeting: and, on 

 motion of Mi*. PValey, were ordered to be printed for the use 

 of the members. 



Stated Meeting, June 17, 1S59. 



Present, thirteen members. 



Judge Sharswood, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were received, acknowledging the receipt of Nos. 

 57, 58 of the Proceedings, from the Society of Antiquaries, 

 dated London, May 20, 1859; and announcing a donation for 

 the Library, from the Royal Observatory, dated Greenwich, 

 May 12, 1859. 



The following donations for the Library were announced: — 



Astronomical Jour. No. 124, 125. Cambridge. — From Dr. Gould. 

 Journ. Soc. Arts, Man. and Com. No. 324-;3:31. London. — From 



the Society. 

 Contrih. to Palteontol. New York, by J. Hall. (16 pp.) 1855-58. 



From the Author., 

 Report, Geol. Survey, Iowa. I. II. Hall & Whitney. — From J. Hall. 

 Reports of Explorations . . . Pacific Ocean. X. Senate Document. 



From U. S. Government. 

 Med. News and Library. No. 198. Philada. June, 1859. — From 



Blanchard <Sf Lea. 

 Quar. Jour. Chem. Soc. London. XLV. — From the Society. 

 Franklin Institute Journal. No. 6. 1859. — From the Inst. 

 Annals des Mines, liv. 1-5. 1858. Paris.— jProm /. School of M. 

 African Repository. No. 6. June, 1859. — From Am. Col. uoc. 

 Proceedings Amer. Antiq. Soc. April, 1859. Boston. — From t/ie Soc, 



