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Stated Meeting, October 19, 1866. 



Present, eleven members. 



Vice-President Judge Sharswood in the Chair. 



A letter was read from the Bureau of Statistics, Washing- 

 ton, asking information with regard to the number and char- 

 acter of the volumes in the Society's Library. Also an ac- 

 ceptance from Mr. Peale of the appointment to prepare an 

 obituary notice of the late M. W. Baldwin. 



Donations for the Library were received as follows : From 

 the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Paris Geograph- 

 ical Society, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia, the American Institute of the City of New York, the 

 Journal of Medical Sciences, an Address by Prof. Horsford, 

 the Medical News and Library, Dr. Coates A sketch of efforts 

 to civilize the Indians by the Society of Friends, and from 

 Triibner & Co. Dr. Metterrutzner's treatise on the Dinka lan- 

 guage, Julg's Kalmlikische Marchen, Dr. Ginsburg's Kabba- 

 lah, and Tourner's account of the tooth relic of Ceylon. 



A paper, entitled "A Synopsis of the Cyprinidas of Penn- 

 sylvania," by Prof. E. D. Cope, offered for publication in the 

 Transactions, was referred to a Committee, consisting of Drs. 

 Bridges, Ruschenberger, and Leidy. 



Pending nominations Nos. 550 to 556 inclusive, and new 

 nomination No. 557, were read, and nominations Nos. 552, 

 553, and 554, were postponed for a future ballot. 



The Society then proceeded to ballot for candidates for 

 membership. 



The ballot-boxes were opened and the following named 

 gentlemen were declared duly elected members of the So- 

 ciety : 



Dr. William P. Schimper, Strasbourg, France. 



Dr. Robert J. Breckenridge, Danville, Kentucky. 



Dr. Jeffries Wyman, Cambridge, Mass. 



Dr. Jacob M. Da Costa, Philadelphia. 

 And the Society was adjourned. 



