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sota, was read and its consideration postponed to the next 

 meeting. 



A circular letter was received from the late Chief of the 

 Statistical Bureau of Sweden, Ilerr Fr. Th.Berg, and another 

 from his successor, Herr Elis Sidenbladh, desiring a continu- 

 ance of correspondence. 



Donations to the Library were received from the Swedish 

 Bureau of Statistics ; the Academia dei Lincei ; the Revue 

 Politicpue ; the Bordeaux Geographical Society ; London 

 Nature; the American Academy, and Boston Society of 

 Natural History ; the Hon. G. C. Winthrop ; the Har- 

 vard Observatory ; the North American Entomologist ; 

 the Franklin Institute; the Medical News; the Smithsonian 

 Institution; the U. S. Naval Observatory; the Light House 

 Board ; the Department of the Interior , the Cincinnati 

 Society of Natural History, and the Revista Scientifica. 



An obituary notice of the late Joseph Henry was read by 

 Mr. Fairman Rogers. 



The death of Mr. James Lenox, in New York, on the 

 18th inst., aged 80, was announced by the Secretary. 



The death of Dr. John Neill, in Philadelphia, on the 1:2th 

 inst., aged 60, was announced by Mr. Price. On motion, Dr. 

 Brinton was appointed to prepare an obituary notice of the 

 deceased. 



Dr. Konig communicated facts respecting his discovery of 

 Spinel and Chonrtronite in the crystalline limestone of Ches- 

 ter county, Pennsylvania, and exhibited specimens, compar- 

 ing tbem with specimens from Orange county, N. Y., and 

 explaining their analogy with the minerals of Franklin, 

 N. J. 



Dr. Brinton communicated a memoir on the Timucua 

 language of Florida, by Albert S. Gatschet, and gave a ver- 

 bal summary of its contents, manner and value. This is 

 the third important study of this group of languages, the 

 other two having been already published in the Proceedings 

 of the Society. 



