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Stated Meeting, Jiugust 20, 1858. 

 Present, five members. 



The Vice-Presldenis being absent, Mr. Justice was called to 

 the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Royal Society of London, dated March 13, 1858, 

 and from the Royal Geographical Society, dated December 30, 

 1857, respectively acknowledging the receipt of the Transac- 

 tions of this Society, Vol. XL Part 1, and of the Proceedings, 

 Nos. b^ and 56: and — 



From the Royal Geographical Society, dated April 20, 1858, 

 announcing a donation for the library. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Addresses of the newly appointed Professors of Columbia College. 



New York, 1858. (200 pages.) 8vo.— Prom the College, 

 Journal of the Proceedings of the 74lh Pennsylvania Episcopal Dio- 

 cesan Convention. Philadelphia, 1858. (200 pages.) 8vo. — 

 From Jas. J. BarclaTj, 

 Report of the Managers of the Episcopal Church Hospital. Philadel- 

 phia, 1858. (40 pages.) 8vo. — From the same. 

 Third Annual Report of the Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Vol. III. Madi- 

 son, 1857. (550 pages.) 8vo. — From the Society, 

 Tenth Annual Report of the Maryland Institute. Baltimore, 1858. 



(233 pages.) 8vo. — From the Institute, 

 Defence of Dr. Gould, by the Scientific Council of the Dudley Obser- 

 vatory. Albany, 1858. (92 pages.) 8vo. — From A. D. Bache 

 Thirty-seventh Annual Report, Mercantile Library and Clinton Plall 

 Association. New York, 1 858. (40 pages.) 8vo. — From the Ass, 

 Philosophical Trans. Royal Soc. London. Vol. 147. Parts 1, 2, 

 Proceedings of the same. VIll. 27: IX. 28, 29; with the 

 List ofOfiicers and Follows, Nov. 30, 1857; with the 

 Anniversary Address of the President. — From the Society, 

 Monthly Notices, Royal Astron. Soc. XVll. XVIII. No. 8. 

 Memoirs of the same. Vol. XXVI. London, 1858. — From the Soc, 

 Journal Royal. Geog. Soc. XXVII. London, 1857. 8vo. and 



