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received, were read, as follows: Royal Society of Tasmania, 

 February IT (95, 96); Physical Society of Berlin, June L6 

 (96, 98, 99); Nal ural History Society of Gottingen, June L5 

 [99, \Y i,ii); Holland Society of Harlem, June 25 (100; 

 List); Teyler Foundation of Harlem, July 6 (100; List); 

 Royal Society of Luxembourg (100; List): Royal Institu- 

 tion, London, Juno 1 (III to XI; XVI, ii ; 100); Society of 

 Antiquaries, London, June 18 (100; List); Statistical So- 

 ciety, London, July 15 (100; List); Royal Observatory, 

 Greenwich, July 19 (90, 100); Royal Society of Edinburgh, 



July 5 (100); Maine Historical Society, (101); New 



Hampshire Historical Society, July 8 (101) ; Massachusetts 

 Historical Society, July 9 (101; Cat. iii); Boston Public 

 Library (101); Harvard College, July 9 (Cat. part iii); New 

 York Hospital, July 8 (101) ; New York Historical Society, 

 June 10 (101); Albany State Library, July 12 (Cat. part iii); 

 U. S. Military Academy Library, July 16 (101); New Jersey 

 Historical Society, July 8 (101; Cat. iii); Pennsylvania His- 

 torical Society, July 8 (101; Cat. iii); Franklin Institute, 

 July 26 (Cat. iii); Mr. John Fulton, Johnstown, July 8 

 (101); Peabody Institute of Baltimore, July 31 (Cat. iii) ; 

 Naval Observatory, Washington, July 8 (101); Dr. William 

 Elder, Washington, July 22 (101); Georgia Historical So- 

 ciety, July 9 (101); Rantoul Literary Society, duly 8 (101); 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences, Jul}' 8 (101 r, Sig. Mariano 

 Barcena, Mexico, July 8 (100). 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of diplomas were re- 

 ceived from the following members : Dr. D. 0. Oilman, dated 

 Amherst, July 10, 1878; Mr. Lorin Blodget, Philadelphia, 

 July 8, 1878*; Mr. Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia, July 8, 

 1878; Mr. George Stuart, Philadelphia, 152s X. 18th street, 

 July 29; Mr. John Fulton, Johnstown. Pa., July 8; and 

 Dr. William Elder, Washington, D.C., July 22. 



Letters announcing the transmission of publications to 

 this Society were received from the Hungarian Academy of 

 Sciences, Test, duly 16; the Natural History Society at 

 Riga, January, 1878 ; Zoologico-Botanical Society at Vienna, 



