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ische Gesellschaft in Wien (to receive both the Transactions 

 and the Proceedings : the Transactions as far back as they 

 can be furnished) ; the Oflfenbacher Yerein fiir Naturkunde at 

 Offenbach am Maine (to receive the Proceedings) ; and the 

 Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic 

 Industry (to receive the Proceedings). 



Donations for the library were received from the Acade- 

 mies at Berlin, Vienna, Munich, and Philadelphia; the So- 

 ciety and University at Gottingen ; from the Institutes at 

 Salem and Philadelphia ; the Astronomical Society at London ; 

 the Geographical Society and Bureau des Ponts et Chaussees 

 at Paris; from the Zoologico-Botanical Society at Vienna; 

 the Horticultural Society at Berlin ; the Natural History 

 Societies at Offenbach and Bonn ; the Zoological Society at 

 London ; the Asylums for the Insane at Hartford and Con- 

 cord ; the American Oriental Society at New Haven ; the 

 Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic In- 

 dustry ; the publishers of the American Journals of Science, 

 and of the Medical Sciences; the American Colonization So- 

 ciety; from Prof. Alexander, of Baltimore; Mr. Janney, of 

 Virginia ; Mr. M. C. Lea, of Philadelphia ; Prof. Jan, of 

 Paris ; and M. Justin Robin, of Caen, in France. 



The Secretary announced the death of Don Angel Calderon 

 de la Barca, formerly Spanish minister at Washington, and a 

 member of the Society, at San Sebastian, on the 31st of May 

 last, aged seventy years. 



The Librarian laid before the Society a copy of the Pro- 

 ceedings No. 65, just published. 



A paper was presented for publication in the Transactions 

 by Dr. Leidy, in behalf of the author, entitled " On the Geo- 

 logy and Natural History of the Upper Missouri," which on 

 motion of Mr. Frnley was referred to a committee, consisting 

 of Mr. Lesley, Dr. Leidy, and Dr. Bridges. 



A paper was presented for publication in the Transactions 

 by Dr. Genth, through the Secretary, in behalf of the author, 

 Mr. Ernest Haliser, deceased, late member of the Geological 

 Survey of New Jersey, being his original notes, with illustra- 

 tions of the structure and composition of some of the principal 



