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The ballot-boxes were then examined by the presiding offi- 

 cer, and the following gentlemen were declared duly elected 

 members of the Society, viz. : 



Mr. S. Austin Allibone, of Philadelphia. 



Mr. Samuel F. Haven, of Worcester, Massachusetts. 



Mr. Charles D. Cleveland, of Philadelphia. 



Mr. James B. Francis, of Lowell, Massachusetts. 



Mr. George C. Shafer, of Washington, J). C. 



Mr. Timothy B. Conrad, of Philadelphia. 



And the Society was then adjourned. 



Stated dieeting, 3Iay 5, 1865. 



Present ten members. 



President, Dr. Wood, in the chair. 



Letters accepting membership were received from S. Austin 

 Allibone, dated 1816 Spruce Street, April 25 ; from Charles 

 D. Cleveland, dated 248 South Eighth Street, April 26 ; from 

 J. B. Francis, dated Lowell, May 1, and from S. F. Haven, 

 dated Worcester, Mass., May 2, 1865. 



Letters of invoice were received from the Society at Got- 

 tingen, February 13, and the Minister of the Interior at La 

 Haye, March 13, 1865. 



Donations for the Library were received from M. Miani, 

 the Royal Society at Gottingen, the Geological Institute at 

 Vienna, the King and the Natural History Society of Hol- 

 land, the London Astronomical, Meteorological, Geographi- 

 cal and Chemical Societies, the Leeds Geological and Philo- 

 sophical Societies, the Royal Societies at Edinburgh and 

 Dublin, the Dublin Geological Society, and Quarterly Jour- 

 nal of Science ; the Canada Survey, the Essex Institute, 

 Rhode Island Society, Young Men's Association at Buffalo, 

 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Blanchard & 

 Lea, Sherman & Co., Pliny E. Chase, and the National Aca- 

 demy of Sciences at Washington. 

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