1886.] 545 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois (96-123) ; Historical Society of Pennsyl- 

 vania (L23); Dr. William G\ A. Bon will and Mr. Samuel 

 Dickson of Philadelphia (123); Mr. Richard Meade Bache 

 (123). 



The State Library of Massachusetts (Boston), the K. Sachs. 

 Alterthumsverein, Dresden, and the Ob.servatoire Astrono- 

 mique et Physique of Tashkend, Turkestan, Russia, were 

 placed on the list to receive the Proceedings of the Society, 

 beginning with No. 96. 



Donations to the Library were announced from the following: 

 Mining Department, Melbourne ; China Branch of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society, Shanghai ; Societe de Litteraire Finnoise, Hel- 

 singfors; K. K. Stern warte, Prag; Prof. G. vom Rath, Bonn; 

 " Astronomische Nachrichten,"Kiel; "Zoologischer Anzeiger," 

 Leipsic; Societe Royale des Antiquaries du Nord, Copen- 

 hagen ; K. Zoologisch-Botanisch Genootschap, 'S-Gravenhage ; 

 Societe de Geographie and Prof. Pedro A. Monteiro, Lisbon ; 

 Royal Society and " Nature," London ; Natural History and 

 Antiquarian Society, Penzance ; Hamilton Association, Onta- 

 rio, Canada ; Boston Society of Natural History ; Harvard 

 College Observatory; "American Journal of Science," New 

 Haven; Messrs. E. Steiger & Co., New York; New Jersey 

 Historical Society; Franklin Institute, Hydrographic Office, 

 College of Pharmacy, American Catholic Historical Society, 

 Messrs. A. E. Foote, Isaac Myer, Philip H. Law, Henry Phil- 

 lips, Jr., Gen. Russell Thayer and Dr. I. Minis Hays, of Phila- 

 delphia ; Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Wilkes- 

 Barre; Naval Observatory, Department of State, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, Smithsonian Institution and Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, D. C. ; Illinois University, 

 Champlain ; University of California, Berkeley, Cal. 



Mr. Alvan Clark, of Cambridgeport, Mass., presented his 

 photograph for the Society's Album, and Mr. W. S. Baker, of 

 Philadelphia, an etched likeness of himself. 



Mr. William Harden, Savannah, Ga., presented a photo- 

 graph of an Iadian vase, lately exhumed in Georgia. 



