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Stated fleeting, May 19, 1876. 



Present, 11 members. 



Prof. P. E. Chase, in the Chair. 



Mr. Selwyn and Mr. Carll, new members, were introduced 

 to the presiding officer, and took their seats. 



Visitors from corresponding societies, Mr. Honeyman and 

 Mr. Lawson, of Nova Scotia. 



A letter accepting mem1)ership (with photograph for the 

 album) was received from Prof. Thos. C. Archer, dated Phil- 

 adelphia, May 7, 1876. 



Letters acknowledging the reception of publications were 

 received from the Societe Hollandaise, dated Harlem, Feb- 

 ruary 1876 (XV ii, 94) ; the Foundation Teyler, dated Har- 

 lem (92, 93) ; the Statistical Society, London April 26, (95) ; 

 the N. H. S of Northumberland, D. and N. upon Tyne, April 

 25, (95); the Royal Society of Edinburgh, February 21, 

 (92,93). 



Letters of envoy were received from the S. Hollandaise 

 March ; Cent. Obs. St. Petersburg, March ; Fondation Tey- 

 ler, Harlem ; and Department Interior, U. S., Washington, 

 May 6, 1876. 



Donations were received from the Royal Academy at 

 Berlin; the Musee Teyler ; Society of Anthropology and 

 Revue Politique at Paris: M. LeComte Leopold Hugo, at 

 Rome ; the R. Geographical, R. Asiatic, and Chemical So- 

 cieties and Victoria Institute at London ; Nature ; Radcliffo 

 Observatory ; M. Juhlen Deby: R. Society at Edinburgh; 

 R. Dublin Society ; Canadian Naturalist; Boston S. N. H. ; 

 State Board of Health, Mass. ; American Chemist ; Franklin 

 Institute ; Mr. John E. Woottcn ; Medical News ; Second 

 Geol. Survey of Pennsylvania ; Department of the Interior 

 and Engineer Department U. S., Washington ; Dr. J. II. 

 Kidder ; Young Men's Association, Buffalo ; and the Scien- 

 tific Monthly at Toledo, Ohio. 



