342 [August. 



Stated Meeting, August 16^7i, 1867. 



Present, seven members. 



Prof. Cresson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read from Prof. T. N. Gill, dated July 24th, 

 acknowledging the receipt of notice of election, and his ac- 

 ceptance of membership ; also from the United States Naval 

 Observatory, Washington, July 11th, transmitting a donation 

 to the Library ; and from the Natural History Society of 

 Prussia at Bonn, and from the Royal Danish Society at 

 Copenhagen, acknowledging the receipt of publications of the 

 Society, and announcing donations ; also from the Library 

 of the Royal High School at St. Polten, acknoAvl edging the 

 receipt of publications of the Society. 



Donations to the Library were announced, viz, : From the 

 Naturalists' Unions at Bremen and at Bonn ; from the Socie- 

 ties — the Royal Danish at Copenhagen ; the Geological at 

 Berlin ; the Royal Geographical and Chemical of London ; 

 and Academies — the Royal at Vienna ; the Royal Prussian 

 at Berlin ; and from the Royal High School of St. Polten ; 

 the Royal Lombard Institution, and Dr. H. Von Dechen, 

 Prof. Baldassare Poli, Francesco Rassi, Elia Lombardini, 

 and Prof. Amato Amati. Also from the Boston Natural 

 History and Long Island Historical Societies, and the United 

 States Observatory at Washington ; the Franklin Institute 

 at Philadelphia ; and the Editors of the American Journal of 

 Science and Art ; and the Medical News and Library. 



A photograph likeness of Prof. W. A. Norton, for the 

 Album, was received. 



Prof. Cresson called the attention of the Society to the 

 periodic meteors of August, — stating that he had observed 

 at Hazleton, on the morning of the 11th inst., about 2 o'clock, 

 a considerable number of conspicuous meteors east of Cassio- 

 peia. 



Pending nominations Nos. 576 and 579 and new nomina- 

 tion No. 580 were read. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



