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Stated Meeting, December 3, 1S58. 

 Present, thirteen members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache in the Chair, the Vice-Presidents being; 

 absent. 



Letters were read : — 



From the Bath and West of England Society, dated Decem- 

 ber 1857, acknowledging tlie receipt of Proceedings of this 

 Society, Nos. 55 and 56, and of Part 1, Vol. XI. of the Trans- 

 actions, — and also announcing a donation for the library: — 



From the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences, dated Leipzig, 

 Jan. 6, 1S58, returning thanks for No. 56 of the Proceedings, 

 and Part 1, Vol. XI. of the Transactions: — 



From the Royal Society of Sciences at Upsal, dated Jan. 8, 

 1858, returning acknowledgements for Part 1, Vol. XI. of the 

 Transactions, and No. 56 of the Proceedings of this Society: — 



From the Librarian of the Royal Library at Berlin, dated 

 Jan. 18, 1858, acknowledging the receipt of Part 1, Vol. XI. 

 of the Transactions: — 



From the Royal Society of Sciences at Gottingen, dated May 

 26, 1858, announcing the receipt of Part 1, Vol. XI. of the 

 Transactions, and Nos. 55 and 56 of the Proceedings of this 

 Society: — 



From the Central Physical Observatory at St. Petersbourg, 

 dated June 1, 1858, returning thanks for Part 1, Vol. XI. of 

 the Transactions, and No. 56 of the Proceedings: — 



From the Royal Academy of Sciences at Turin, dated May 

 15, 1858, returning thanks for Part 1, Vol. XL of the Trans- 

 actions: — and 



Frof. Zantedeschi, of Padua, dated Oct. 7, 1858, announcing 

 the transmission, through the U. S. Consul at Bremen and the 

 Department of State at Washington, of a number of treatises by 

 him on subjects of physical science. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Proceedings Boston S. N. H. VI. 25. Oct. 1858. 



RadclifFObs. XVII. Oxford, 1858.— From the Trustees of Obs. 



