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REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1870. 



The President in the chair. Records of preceding meeting read. 

 The Secretary i-epoi'ted the following correspondence. 



J. F. A. Adams, Pittsfleld, Jan. 12; Jacob Batchclder, Lynn, Jan. 16; John A. 

 Battis, Salem, Jan. 13; T. Apoleon Cheney, "Watkins, X. Y., Jan. 6; George E. 

 Emery, Lynn, .Jan. 15; G. L. Goodale, Brunswick, Me., Jan. 12; A. C. Ilamlin, 

 Bangor, Me., Deo. 21, 21; P. A. Hanaford, Reading, Jan. 12; Leeds Philosophical 

 and Literary Society, Aug. 21, 18G9; Mannheimer Verein fur Natm-kunde, August, 

 1809; Museum, Bergen, Norway, Nov. 18, 1809; Hussell and Erwin Manufacturing 

 Co., New York, Dec. 20, 1809; South African Museum. Cape TowTi, Dec; Soci<5t^ 

 de Physique and d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, Sept. 8, 1809; W. Hudson Ste- 

 phens. Lowville, X. Y., Jan. 14; C. M. Tracy, Lynn, Jan. 12; Cliarles Vose, Boston, 

 Jan. .'>; J. K.Wiggin, Boston, Nov. 30, 1869; George D. Wildes, Kiverdale, N. Y., 

 Jan. 13; John Wilson & Son, Cambridge, Jan. 7. 



The Librarian announced the following additions. 



By Donation. 



Bkmis, Luke, of Boston. Pennant's Arctic Zoology, 4 vols. 4to, London, 1792. 



Bi'TLEU, Benj. P., M. C. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 18G8, 1 

 vol. 8vo. Monthly Report of th(! Department of Agriculture for Nov. and Dec, 

 1809, 8vo pamph. 



CoLC.MBiAN Associates. Portland Transcript for 1808, 1869. New York Mer- 

 cury for 1809. 



Garfield. J.- A., M. C. Report of the Librarian of Congress for 1869, 8vo pamph. 



GuEES, Samuee a., of Boston. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 14. 



GuovESNOR, Daniel P. Miscellaneous pamphlets, 29. 



Kimball, James. Jewett's Lectures and Writings on Temperance, 1 vol. 12mo. 

 Boston, 1849, The Trojan Sketch Book, 1 vol. 12mo, Troy, 1840. 



LanCtWortiiy, 1. P., of Boston. Reports of Brili-^h and Foreign Bible Society, 

 13 pamphlets, 8vo London, 1814, etc. Reports of American Tract Society, 10 

 pamphlets, 8vo, Boston, IS.'iO, etc. Bible Society Records, 61 numbers. Miscella- 

 neous pamphlets, 59. 



Lee. John C. Commercial Bulletin for December, 1809. 



Lincoln, Solomon, of ITingham. Transactions of the Ilingham Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Society for tlic year 1869. « 



Palfray, Charles W. Miscellaneous pamphlets, .TO. 



RiCHAKDSOs, E. S. L., of Oswego, 111. The Chicago Tribune, 7 numbers. 



Stone, Benj. W. Joseph H. Ramsey against the Erie Railway Company and 

 others, 8vo pamph.. New York, 1869. 



Veruill, a. E., of New Haven. Conn. Synopsis of the Polyps and Corals of 

 the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 8vo pami)h., 1869. 



Waters, J. Linton, of Chicago, 111. Parks in the West Division of the City of 

 Chicago. Second Annual Report of Chicago Relief and Aid Society. Peregrine 

 Pickle and Polinto's Christmas Papers, 3 pamphlets, Svo, Chicago, 1869. 



By Exchange. 



ACADEMIA della Scienze DELL' INSTITUTO Di BoLOGNA. Universalita dei 

 mezzi di previdenza, difesa, e salvezza per le Calamity degli Incendi. Opera Pre- 

 miata in Concorso dalla Accademia della Scienze dell Instituto di Bologna. Scritta 

 da Francisco del Giudice, Royal Svo, Bologna, 1848. 



