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coin of small denominations now in circulation; which it is difficult to 

 withdraw because they pass by tale for much more than their intrin- 

 sic value — a practical seniorage, from which there is no benefit to any 

 body, and much embarrassment in the phraseology of our money, 

 especially to foreigners. 



Stated Meeting, Jipril 6. 



Present, twelve members. 



Dr. DuNGLisoN, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From Don P. de Angelis, dated Montevideo, Dec. 1, 1854, 

 and from Dr. N. B. Shurtlefi; dated Boston, March 14, 1855, 

 announcing donations for the library: and — 



From the Royal Academy of Sciences, at Turin, dated Nov. 

 24, 1854, returning thanks for Transactions and Proceedings 

 of this Society. 



The following donations were announced : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Vol. V. No. 

 7, 8, 9. Feb. March, 1855. Boston. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 Vol. VIII. No. 7. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Academy. 



The African Repository. Vol. XIII. No. 3. March, 1855. Wash- 

 ington. 8vo. — From the American Colonization Society, 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. 3d Series. Vol. XXIX. No. 3. 

 March, 1855. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



Records of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay in 

 New England. Printed by order of the Legislature. Edited by N. 

 B. Shurtlefi:; M.D., &c. &c. Vol. III. 1644-1657. Vol. IV. Part 

 1. 1650—1660. Boston, 1854. 4to.— From the Editor. 



Twelfth Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the 

 Registry and Returns of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the 

 Commonwealth, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1853. By Ephraim 

 N. Wright, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Boston, 1854. 

 8vo.— From N. B. Shiirtleff, M.D. 



Twenty-second Annual Report of the Managers of the Pennsylvania 

 Institution for the Instruction of the Blind ; toojether with Dr. 



