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mittee consisting of Messrs. Lesley, Trego, and Leidj. (See 

 page 57.) 



Judge Carleton continued his discussion of the subject of 

 the Association of Ideas, begun at a previous meeting. 



NeAv nominations Nos. 418, 419, and 420 were read. 



On motion of Mr. Dubois, the following resolution was 

 adopted : Resolved, That the Committee on the Library be 

 requested to make an effort to obtain a copy of M. Tischen- 

 dorff's Exemplar MSS. of the New Testament Scriptures, 

 through the agency of the President of this Society, or by 

 any other means which they may deem expedient. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, March 15, 1861. 

 Present, eighteen members. 

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



A letter from Dr. George Jaeger, accepting membership, 

 was received, dated Stuttgardt, February 5th, 1861. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of Transactions and 

 Proceedings were received from the Berlin Academy, dated 

 October 18, 1860, and from the London Geological Society, 

 dated December 4, 1856, November 5, 1857, May 19, 1859, 

 November 7, 1860. 



Letters transmitting donations for the Library were received 

 from the Central Observatory of Russia, dated May 1-13, 

 and June 5-18, 1860, the Royal Academy, dated Berlin, 

 October 18, 1860, and the Natural History Society, dated 

 Riga, April 16-28, 1860. 



Donations to the Library were received from the Central 

 Observatory of Russia, the Societies at Riga and Elberfeld, 

 the Academy and Horticultural Society at Berlin, the Geolo- 

 gical Institute at Vienna, the Board of Statistics at Brussels, 

 the Royal, the Royal Geological, the Royal Geographical 

 Societies and the Society of Arts of London, the editors of 



