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States for the sale of the Hall of the Society, and to the delay 

 of the government official authorities in carrying into effect 

 the articles of agreement entered into for such sale: 



Whereupon, after some discussion of the subject, the follow- 

 ing resolution, offered by Mr. Foulke, was read, considered and 

 agreed to: — 



Resolved, That Judge King be added to the Committee on the sale 

 of the Hall, and that the Committee be authorized to take such pro- 

 ceedings as they may deem expedient to secure an early settlement 

 of the negociation respecting the proposed sale to the government. 



A resolution was offered by Dr. Morris, as follows: 



Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to confer with the Phila- 

 delphia Library Company, and the College of Physicians, on the 

 subject of buildings for the accommodation of the respective bodies: 



Which resolution was postponed for consideration at the 

 next meeting of the Society. 



Stated Meeting, Jlpril 2. 



Present, forty-eight members. 



Prof Cresson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Corporation of Yale College, dated New Haven, 

 March 16, 1S5S: — and from the Lyceum of Natural History, 

 dated New York, March 27, 1858, both acknowledging the 

 receipt of No. 58 of the Proceedings of this Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Report on the Observatories of his highness the Maha Rajah of Tra- 

 vancore. By John Allan Brown, Director of the Observatories. 

 Trevandrum, 1857. 8vo. — Fi'om the Author. 



Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XVIII. No. 4. 

 Feb. 2, 1858, with Index of Papers. 8vo. — From the Society. 



