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The meeting, being an adjournment of the Annual 

 Meeting, was again adjourned to the next regular meet- 

 ing. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the following let- 

 ters, which he had recently received, viz : — 



From Dr. C. W. Tiittle, April 19 ; W. P. Blake, Dahlon- 

 ega, Ga., April 23; Dr. George Suckley, New York, May 11 ; 

 and William Stimpson, Washington, May 11, in acknowledg- 

 ment of their election as Corresponding Members ; New York 

 Lyceum, March 12 and 23 ; Zoologisch-Botanischer Verein, 

 Wien, March 15, 1858 ; Societe de Geographic, Paris, Nov. 20, 

 1858 ; Bibliothekariat der K. Bayerisclien Akademie, Miinchen, 

 Dec. 29, 1858 ; Natiirforschende Gesellschaft, Emden, Dec. 16, 

 1858 ; Verein fiir Naturkunde in Nassau, Wiesbaden, Dec. 1, 

 1858 ; Academic Royale des Sciences de Stockholm, Nov. 15, 

 1858, and William Sharswood, Esq., Philadelphia, March 15 and 

 May 5, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's publications ; 

 the American Association for the Advancement of Science, March 

 26 ; Cambridge Philosophical Society, Nov. 1858 ; Verein fiir 

 Naturkunde, Wiesbaden, Dec. 1, 1858, and the Academic Royale 

 des Sciences de Stockholm, Nov. 15, 1858, presenting their vari- 

 ous publications ; Librarian of Bowdoin College, April 5, asking 

 that deficiencies in their set of the Society's publications may be 

 made good to them ; H. Davis, McGregor, Iowa, concerning col- 

 lections for the Society ; and the K. Preussische Akademie, Aug. 

 12, 1858, acknowledging the receipt of the Society's publications, 

 and presenting its own. 



The following Standing Committees were announced 

 as having been chosen by the Council : — 



On the Library. Messrs. Dillaway, Sprague, and 

 Bacon. 



On Publications. Messrs. D. H. Storer, Dillaway, 

 S. L. Abbot, Wyman, and Kneeland. 



On Finance. Messrs. Bouve, Barnard, and Binney. 



