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Stated Meeting, December \W\, 1873. 



Present, 27 members. 



Vice-President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



A letter acknowledging the reception of his diploma of 

 membership was received from II Commandatore Prof. Gio- 

 vanni Capellini, Direttore delle Museo Geologico della R. 

 Universita, dated Bologna, Nov. 28th, 1873. 



A letter acknowledging the receipt of Proceedings of Am. 

 Philos. Society, Nos. 88, 89, was received from the Bureau 

 des Longitudes, dated Observatoire National de Paris, July 

 29th, 1873. 



A letter acknowledging the receipt of Proceedings No. — , 

 and announcing the envoy of the Bulletin of the Mexican 

 Geographical Society, was received from the first Secretary, 

 Sig. Ignacio M. Altamirano, dated Mexico/»Oct. 31, 1873. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Royal 

 Prussian and Belgian Academies, the Geographical Society 

 and Revue Politique of Paris, London Nature, the Literary 

 and Philosophical Societ}^ of Quebec, the Essex Institute, 

 Silliman's Journal, the New Jersey Historical Society, the 

 Franklin Institute, American Chemist, and American Jour- 

 nal of Pharmacy, Coe, Wetherill & Co., of Philadelphia, and 

 the Geographical and Statistical Society of Mexico. 



The death of a member, Mr. George C. Schaefier, at Wash- 

 ington, October 4th, aged 59, was announced by the Secre- 

 tary. 



The death of a member, Louis John Rudolph Agassiz, at 

 Cambridge, Mass., December 14th, aged 66, was announced 

 by Dr. LeConte. On motion, a committee was appointed to 

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