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On motion of Dr. Le Conte, the Librarian was instructed to 

 furnish a statement of the list of exchanges of the Society, and 

 the value thereof. 



The Reporter laid upon the table No. 59 of the Proceedings 

 of the Society, which has been recently published. 



Stated Meeting, October 1, 1858. 



Present, fourteen members. 

 Prof. Cresson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Society of the Museum of Natural History, of 

 Strasbourg, dated March 5, 1857, acknowledging the receipt 

 of Nos. 53 and 54 of the Proceedings of this Society: — 



From the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manches- 

 ter, without date, returning thanks for Vol. XI. Part 1, of the 

 Transactions, and Nos. 55 and 5Q of the Proceedings: — 



From the Connecticut Historical Society, dated Hartford, 

 Sept. 23; from the Corporation of Yale College, dated New 

 Haven, Sept. 24; and from the Academy of Science of St. 

 Louis, dated Sept, 24, 1858, severally containing acknowledg- 

 ments for No. 59 of the Proceedings: and — 



From Prof. Zantedeschi, dated Padua, Sept. 9, 1858, in re- 

 lation to the mode of forwarding letters and communications to 

 him. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Forty-third Annual Report, American Asylum for Deaf and Dumb. 

 Hartford, 1858. (60 pages.) 8vo. — From the Conn. Hist. Soc. 



Thirty-fourth Ann. Report, Retreat for the Insane. — From the same. 



History of the Indian Tribes, by H. R. Schoolcraft. Part VI. of the 

 Series. Phila. 1857. (754 pp.) 4to.— From Commiss. C. E. Mix, 



Principles of Social Science. Vol. II. By H. C. Carey. Philadel- 

 phia, 1858. 8vo. — From the Author. 



Quarterly Journal, Chem. Soc. XI. 2. London, 1858. 8vo. 



