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Albany, Feb. 15, 1854; from the Connecticut Historical So- 

 ciety, dated Hartford, Feb. 15, IS 54; and from the Lyceum of 

 Natural History, dated New York, Feb. 21, 1854; respectively 

 acknowledging the receipt of No. 50 of the Proceedings of 

 this Society, and returning thanks for the same: and — 



From the Royal Zoological Society at Amsterdam, dated 

 Nov. 1853, accompanying a donation for the library of the So- 

 ciety. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY^ 



Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde: uitgegeven door het Genootschap Natura 

 Artis Magistra, te Amsterdam. Aflevering 1,2, 3,4,5. Amster- 

 dam, 1848-1852. 4to. — From the Zoological Society at Am- 

 sterdam. 



Astronomical Observations made at the RadcUffe Observatory, in the 

 year 1851. By Manuel J. Johnson, M.A. RadcHffe Observer. Vol. 

 XII. Oxford, 1853. 8vo.— From the RadcUffe Trustees. 



American Journal of Science and Arts: Vol. XVII. No. 50. March, 

 1854. New Haven, 8vo. — Fro?n Profs. Silliman and Dana, 

 Editors. 



Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Young 

 Men's Library Association of Cincinnati. Jan. 3, 1854. Cincin- 

 nati. 8vo. — From the Association. 



Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Insti- 

 tution for the Deaf and Dumb, for 1853. Philadelphia. 8vo. — 

 From the Directors. 



Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the House 

 of Refuge. Philadelphia, 1854. 8vo.— From J. J. Barclay, 

 Esq. 



Battle of Lake Erie: A Discourse delivered before the Rhode Island 

 Historical Society, Feb. 16, 1852, by Usher Parsons: and 



Oration on the occasion of celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of 

 the Battle of Lake Erie: delivered Sept. 10, 1853, in Newport, 

 R. I., by George H. Calvert. Providence, 1854. 8wo.— From 

 Dr. G. Emerson. 



Returns of the several Banks and Savings Institutions of Pennsylva- 

 nia, communicated by the Auditor General to the Legislature, 

 1854. Harrisburo-. 8vo. — From M. W. Baldwin, Esq. 



The Seventh Census:— Report of Jos. C. G. Kennedy, late Superm- 



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