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received from the Eoyal Society of New Soutli Wales, Sydney ; 

 Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, Helsiugfors, Finland ; 

 Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde, Leidin, Holland; 

 K. Danske VidenskabernesSelskab, Copenhagen; K.Leopoldin- 

 ische Carolinische Akademie, Halle a, S.; Vogtliindische 

 Alterthumsforschende Yerein, Hohenleuben, Saxony ; Societe 

 de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva; Dr. D. G. Brin- 

 ton, Media, Pa. ; Sociedad Cientifica "Antonio Alzate," Mexi- 

 co, Mex. 



A letter of acknowledsfment was received from the Natur- 

 forschende Yerein, Briinn, Austria, for Proceedings, Nos. 119 to 

 127 inclusive. 



Accessions to the Library were announced from the K. K. 

 Sternwarte, Prag, Bohemia ; K. P. Meteorologische Institat, 

 Berlin ; Prof. Leopold Einstein, Niirnbcrg ; Royal Society, Lon- 

 don ; Dr. G. W. Leitner, Woking, Eng. ; Mr. Henry Mott, 

 Montreal ; Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. ; New 

 Jersey Historical Society, Newark ; Dr. D. G. Brinton, Media, 

 Pa.; Prof. E. D. Cope, Mr. Henry PhilHps, Jr., Philadelphia; 

 Chief U. S. Signal Officer, Washington, D.C. 



A letter from the Sociedad Cientifica Antonio Alzate, Mex- 

 ico, acknowledging receipt of Proceedings 128, and asking for 

 129, which the Librarian reported had been sent. 



A letter from the Royal Dublin Society, in reference to 

 exchanges. 



A letter from Miss Emily Malone, County Dublin, in regard 

 to Dr. Henry's Oneida. 



A letter from " The Medical News," Philadelphia, request- 

 ing exchanges, which was so ordered, to begin with No. 129. 



A letter from Mr. John Fulton, Johnstown, Pa., stating his 

 certificate of membership in the Society had been lost in the 

 great flood that destroyed his home, and requesting a dupli- 

 cate, which was so ordered. 



Hon. Craig Biddle read, by appointment, an obituary notice 

 of the late Dr. Caspar Wister. 



The death of Prof. George H. Cook, New Brunswick, N. J., 

 was announced as having taken place on September 22, 1889, 

 in the 72d year of his age. 



