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1875, March, 187G, and October 20, 1877; from the Natural 

 History Society at Chemnitz ; and from the Physical Society 

 at Geneva, dated September 15, 1878. 



A letter of acknowledgment was received from the Physi- 

 cal Society at Geneva (99, 100). 



A letter from Mrs. S. N. Byington, to Dr. Brinton, enclos- 

 ing a letter from Major J. W. Powell, of Washington, re- 

 questing the loan of the manuscript Choctaw grammar, 

 written by the late Rev. Cyrus Byington in 1833, for the 

 purpose of having it published along with Mr. Byington's 

 Choctaw Dictionary, under the editorial care of Prof. 0. T. 

 Mason, was read. On motion the Librarian was authorized 

 to loan the manuscript from the Library, for the needful 

 time, on a guarantee of its safe return. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Royal 

 Societies of Victoria and New South Wales ; the Mining 

 Department of New South Wales ; the Academies at St. 

 Petersburg, Berlin, Copenhagen, the Hague,and Brussels ; the 

 Natural History Society at Moscow ; the Geological Society 

 at Berlin ; the Societies at Offenbach, Chemnitz, Geneva and 

 Bordeaux; the Observatory at St. Petersburg; the Geo- 

 graphical Society, Revue Politique, and M. Delesse at Paris ; 

 the Royal Astronomical and Meteorological Societies, 

 Meteorological Committee, Lords of Admiralty, and Editors 

 of Nature, London ; the Boston Natural History Society ; 

 Harvard College ; Silliman's Journal ; American Journal 

 of Ontology in New York ; the Brooklyn Entomological 

 Society; the Pennsylvania Historical Society, Journal of 

 Pharmacy, Editors of Naturalists' Leisure Hour, and Robin- 

 son's Epitome of Literature at Philadelphia; the Librarian 

 of Congress, and J. W. Powell, at Washington ; Mr. M. C. 

 Reed, Hudson, Ohio ; the Botanical Gazette ; the Ministerio 

 de Fornento ; and the Argentine Scientific Society at Buenos 

 Ay res. 



Copies of Proceedings No. 102, and card list of meetings 

 and officers for the year, just published by the Secretaries, 

 were laid on the table. 



