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A letter was received from the Librarian of Cornell College 

 Library, concerning the completion of their sets of Proceedings 

 and Transactions. 



A letter was received from C. Ziuckra, dated Leipsig, Jan. 

 22, 1882. 



Circular letters were received from the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, Washington. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Asiatic 

 Society of Japan; St. Petersburg Imperial Botanical Garden; 

 Swedish Bureau of Statistics ; Zoolo^ischer Anzeiger, Leipsig ; 

 Accademia dei Lincei, Rome; Socie'.ede Geographic, Annales 

 des Mines, and Revue Politique, Paris; Revista Euskara, 

 Pamplona; London Nature; Natural History Society, and 

 Mr. Samuel Abbott Green, Boston ; Essex Institute, Salem ; 

 New York Academy of Sciences ; New Jersey Historical 

 Society ; Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, American 

 Journal of Pharmacy, "The American," and' Mr. Henry 

 Phillips, Jr., Philadelphia; Mr. John H. B. Latrobe, Baltimore ; 

 Department of the Interior, Washington ; and the Ohio 

 Mechanics Institute, Cincinnati. 



Mr. Britton exhibited some peats and lignites of Arkansas, 

 and some Anthracites from the same State, and also some ^bi- 

 tuminous coals, showing the progress of the formation of coals. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 935, 951-955 were read. 



Report of the Officers and Council was read. 

 And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meethuj, March 3, 1S82. 



Present, 7 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



The death of Robert Bridges, M.D., on February 20, 1882, 

 in the 76th year of his age, was announced by the President. 



The death of Mr. Thos. P. James, at Cambridge, Mass., on 

 February 22, 1882, in the 79th year of his age, was announced 

 by Mr. Briggs. 



