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Stated Meeting, September 17, 1858. 



Present, fourteen members. 



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



Letters were read : — 



Frohi Dr. Thomas Horsfield, dated Library, India House, 

 August 28, 1858, announcing a donation for the library, from 

 the Hon. Directors of the India Company, London: — 



From Mr. Charles F. Loosey, dated New York, August 19, 

 1858, announcing the transmission of a donation for the library 

 from the I. R. Geographical Society of Vienna: and — 



From M. Alfred Malherbe, dated Metz, i\ugust 4, 1858, ac- 

 companying a prospectus of his "Monographic des Piscides," 

 for which he solicits the patronage of the Society and its mem- 

 bers. 



The following donations were announced:— 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Mittheilungen der K. K. Geogr. Ges. I. 1,2. Wien, 1857. 8vo. 

 Proceedings Amer. Acad. IV. (1) to (11). Boston, 1858. 8vo. 

 Proceedings Boston Soc. N. H. VI. (24). 1858. 8vo. 

 Journal Franklin Institute. No. 393. Philadelphia, 1853. 8vo. 

 Amer. Journal Sci. XXVI. No. 77. New Haven, 1858. 8vo. 

 Medical News. XVI. No. 189. Philadelphia, 1858. 8vo. 

 Minutes of Gen. Ass. Connecticut. New Haven, 1858. 8vo. 

 Bulletin, Soc. de Geographie. T. XV. Paris, 185.8. 8vo. 

 Proceedings at the Dedication of the Boston Public Library Building. 



Jan. 1, 1858. Boston. 8vo. — From the City of Boston, 

 Map of the Basin of the La Plata. — From the Navy Department. 



On motion of Dr. William Harris, it was resolved that Dr. 

 Robert E. Rogers be requested to prepare an obituary notice 

 of the late Dr. Robert Hare. 



A paper, entitled "A List of Fifteen Hlundred English-San- 

 scrit Analogues, by Pliny Chase," was offered for publication 

 in the Transactions of the Society, which was referred to a 

 committee consisting of Mr. Lesley, Prof. Coppee and Judge 

 King. 



