veniences which would result from a uniformity of weight, 

 fineness and value hetween the coins of this country and those 

 of Great Britain. He concluded by moving the appointment 

 of a committee to memorialize the government of the United 

 States on the subject, and to report to the Society. 



The motion was agreed to, and Prof, Frazer, Prof. J. H. 

 Alexander, Prof. A. D. Bache, Mr. Robert Patterson and Mr. 

 Trego, were appointed the committee. 



The Committee of Publication reported the completion of 

 Vol. X. of the Transactions of the Society, by the recent 

 publication of Part 3 of that volume, of which a copy was 

 laid on the table. 



Mr. Trego, as reporter, presented No. 50 of the Society's 

 Proceedings, ]usi published, which completes the fifth volume. 



Stated Meeting, February 17. 



Present, twelve members. 



Judge Kane, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read : — 



From the Central Commission of Statistics of Belgium, 

 dated Bruxelles, 20th July, 1850, and from the Etat Major of 

 the Corps of Mining Engineers of Russia, dated St. Peters- 

 burg, 30th October, 1852, — both accompanying donations to 

 the Society: — 



From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, dated Phila- 

 delphia, Feb. 7, 1854; and from the Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences of Philadelphia, dated Feb. 8, 1854, returning thanks for 

 Vol. X. Part 3, of the Transactions of this Society: — 



From the New Jersey Historical Society, dated Newark, 

 Feb. 14, 1854, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's 

 Transactions, Vol. X. Part 3, and of No. 50 of the Proceed- 

 ings:— 



From the Rev. Wm. Bacon Stevens, dated Philadelphia, 

 Feb. 6, 1854,— from Frederick A. Genth, dated Philadelphia, 

 Feb. 11, 1854, — and from Dr. Samuel D. Gross, dated Louis- 



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