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Tl)c Committee to ■which was referred the paper of Prof. 

 James Hall on the Geology of part of Minnesota reported in 

 favor of its publication in the Transactions, and the subject 

 was referred to the Committee of Publication with authority 

 to diminish the number of engraved diagrams if they think 

 proper. 



The Committee to which was referred the communication 

 of Mr. Bclcourt, respecting an Odjibowc vocabulary, reported 

 in f^ivor of publication, which was so ordered. 



Specimens of titaniferous iron ore from Cumberland, R. I., 

 were laid on the table by Mr. Chase. 



Pending nominations Nos. 550, 551, 552, 553 and 554, 

 were read. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, August 17, 1866. 



Present, three members. 



Professor Trego in the Chair. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of publications were re- 

 ceived from the Royal Saxon Society, September 30th, 1865 ; 

 the Batavian Society of Experimental Philosophy, October 

 21st; the Geological Society at Berlin, November 4th; the 

 Natural History Union of the Duchy of Nassau, October 10th ; 

 the Zoological and Botanical Society at Vienna, January, 

 18G6 ; the Asiatic Society at London, March 26th ; the 

 Linnsean Society at Bordeaux, June 8th ; Yale College, July 

 24th; New York Historical Society, July 31st; American 

 Antiquarian Society, August 1st; Harvard College, August 

 1st ; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, August 2d ; New 

 York Lyceum, August 7th ; and New Jersey Historical So- 

 ciety, August 12th, 1866. 



Donations for the Library were announced from the Berlin 

 Academy ; the Royal Italian Commission to the Dublin Ex- 

 position of 1865 ; the Paris and London Geographical So- 



