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Stated Meeting, May 5. 



Present, seventeen members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache, President, in the Chair. 



Dr. William V. Keating and Mr. Elias Durand, recently 

 elected members, were introduced and took their seats. 



Letters were read: — 



From James Lenox, dated New York, April 24, 1854; from 

 Joshua I. Cohen, dated Baltimore, April 24, 1854; from Eli 

 K. Price, dated Senate, April 24, 1854; from Elias Durand, 

 dated Philadelphia, April 26, 1854; severally acknowledging 

 the receipt of notice of their election as members of the So- 

 ciety. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Information concerning the History, Condition and Prospects of the 

 Indian Tribes oftlie United States: Collected and prepared under 

 the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, per Act of Congress 

 of March 3, 1847; by Henry R. Schoolcraft, L.L.D. PubHshed 

 by authority of Congress. Part IV. Philadelphia, 1854. 4to. — 

 From the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 



Proceedings of the American Acadernv of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 

 II. from p. 233 to end : Vol. III. p. 1 tO 40. Boston. 8vo.— 

 From the Academy. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Nos. 23, 24. 

 March, April, 1854. Boston. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Vol. VI. 

 Nos. 2-4. April, 1854. New York. 8vo. — From the Lyceum. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. XVII. No. 51. 

 May, 1854. New Haven. 8vo. — From the Editors. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. XII. No. 137. May, 1854. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Blanchard 6f Lea. 



Seventh Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State 

 of New York, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural 

 History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection annexed 

 thereto. Made to the Senate,Jan. 18, 1854. Albany. 8vo. — 

 From the Regents. 



