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Report of the Director of the Mint, Jan. 31, 1857. Washington. 

 8vo. — From tht Hon. J. R. Snowden, Director. 



Report to the Secretary of the U. S. Navy, at \Vashington, of the 

 Expedition in search ofSir John Franklin, during the years 1853- 

 4-5: with a chart, showing the discoveries made in the Arctic 

 Regions. By Ehsha Kent Kane, M.D. U. S. iN". (Geog. Soc. 

 Lend. Jan. 1856.) 8vo. — Fro?n the Hon. John K. Kane. 



Rapport de A. C. Buchanan, Ecuyer, Agent Principal des Emigres, 

 pour I'annee 1855. Quebec. 8vo. — From L. A. Huguet La- 

 tour, N. P. 



Mr. Dubois laid upon the table a lump of native gold lately 

 received from California, and purchased for the Mint Cabinet. 

 Its fineness is 926 thousandths; value ^43.50. The mass is 

 dendritic in its structure, and its form is extraordinary for na- 

 tive gold; indeed, of the innumerable specimens heretofore re- 

 received at the Mint, none like it have been noticed. There 

 was not the least quartzose or earthy matter in the many in- 

 terstices of this specimen when it was received at the Mint. 



The following resolution, offered by Mr. Fraley, was read, 

 considered, and unanimously adopted: — 



Resolved, That the President and Secretary be authorized and di- 

 rected, upon the receipt of the consideration money, to afSx the seal 

 of the Society to such deed or deeds of conveyance as may be neces- 

 sary to grant the Hall of the Society, and the lot of ground and the 

 appurtenances thereto belonging, to the United States, as agreed to 

 be conveyed to them by the resolution of the Society, and the agree- 

 ment made in conformity therewith, dated the 22d day of March, 

 1856. 



Special Meeting, May 29. 



Present, twenty-seven members. 



Judge Kane, President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Thomas F. Betton, Rev. Kingston Goddard, and Dr. 

 Charles M. Cresson, recently elected members, were presented 

 to the presiding officer, and took their seats. 



