Dr. Wood, the newly elected President, then took the chair, 

 and expressed his acknowledgments to the Society for the ho- 

 nour conferred upon him. 



Letters were read from Capt. W. F. Lynch, U. S. N. dated 

 Philada. Dec. 28, 1858, acknowledg;ing the receipt of notice of 

 his election as a member of the Society; — from Col. J. D. Gra- 

 ham, dated Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 25, 1858, enclosing a dona- 

 tion of fifty dollars to aid in the Society's publications. For 

 this donation the thanks of the Society were directed to be 

 communicated to Col. Graham: — and from John F. Frazer, 

 dated Dec. 30, 1858, resigning his membership in the Society; 

 which letter was laid on the table. 



The following donations for the Library were announced: — 



Astronomical Journal, No. 119. — Frovi Dr. B. A. Goitld. 



Monthly Notices, Roy. Astron. Soc. XIX. 1. — From the Society. 



Revue de I'Art Creticnne; Recueil mensuel d'Archeologie reiigieuse 

 dirige par M. I'Abbe J. Corblet. Deuxicme annee. No. 9. Paris, 

 1858. 8vo. 



Lite and Services of John Lyon; The Marbles of Vermont; Two 

 Addresses before the V^crmont Hist. Soc. by P. II. White and 

 A I. D. Hagar. (Pamphlet 42 pp.) Burlington, 1858. 8vo. — 

 From the Society. 



Report in the N. Y. Times, of the Address of Dr. Hays before the 

 N. Y. Geographical Society, Dec. 18, 1858. — From the Author. 



Report of the Improvement of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers by arti- 

 ficial lakes, by C. Ellet, Jun. C. E. Phil. 1858. 8vo. 



Die quinarc und vigesimale ZiihhTiethode bei volkern aller vvelttheile; 

 nebst ausfuhrlichercn bemerkungen (iber die Zahlworter Indoger- 

 manischen stammes; und einem anhange uber Fingernamen. Von 

 Dr. A. F. Pott. (300 pp.) Halle, 1847. S\o.— From F. L. 

 O. Rohrig. 



Die grundzuge der Finnischen sprache, mit riicksicht auf den Ural- 

 altaischcn sprachstamm. Von H. Kellgren. (100 pp.) Berlin, 

 1847. Qwo.—From F. L. O. Rohrig. 



La Hongrie ancienne et moderne; histoire, arts, litterature, monu- 

 ments; par une societe de litterateurs, sous la direction de M. J. 

 Boldenyi. (400 pp.) Paris, 1851. 8vo. with illustrations. — 

 Fro?ri F. L. O. Rohrig. 



Journal Acad. N. S. Phila. VI. 1. — Fro?n the Society. 



