A communication was read entitled, "The Cosmogony of 

 Laplace. By Danie] Kirkwood." (See page 324.) 



A communication was read entitled, "The Philosophy of 

 the Biblical Account of the Creation. By Aug. II. G rote, 

 A. M." (See page 316.) 



On motion it was resolved that the Hall Committee l>e 

 authorized to provide additional shelving for the Library. 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, October 3, 1879. 



Present, 9 members. 



Vice-President, Mr. Eli K. Price, in the Chair. 



A letter accepting membership was received from Mr. B. 

 B. Comegys, dated Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1879. 



A letter of acknowledgment was received from the 

 Royal Geological Society of Ireland (101 ; Cat. III). 



Letters of envoy were received from the Botanical Garden 

 at St. Petersburg, Sept. 1 ; the Harvard College Observatory, 

 Sept. 15 ; the Flora Batava, per the Consul-General of the 

 Netherlands, New York, Sept. 25; and the New York State 

 Library, Sept. 19, 1879. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Bo- 

 tanical Garden at St. Petersburg ; the Flora Batava; the 

 Annales des Mines, and Revue Politique; the Commercial 

 Geographical Society at Bordeaux; Harvard College Obser- 

 vatory ; Prof. 0. C. Marsh ; the American Chemical Society : 

 the New York University ; the Engineering and Mining 

 Journal ; the Brooklyn Entomological Society ; Botanical 

 Gazette; and the American Journal of Pharmacy, 



A communication was received, entitled, " Additional 

 Notes upon the Collection of Coins now on exhibition in the 

 Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Memo- 

 rial Hall, Fainiiount Park, Philadelphia. By Henry Phil- 

 lips, Jr." (See page 827.) 



