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the Financial Committee, in the name of " The Boston So- 

 ciety of Natural History." 



The Chairman announced the donation of about fifty 

 volumes of books, mostly relating to Natural History, which 

 had been received since the last meeting, from Dr. Francis 

 Boott, of London. It was then 



Voted, That the Recording Secretary be requested to 

 express to Dr. Boott the thanks of the Society for this val- 

 uable addition to its library ; and also that the fact of the 

 donation be announced in the public papers. 



The Treasurer called the attention of the Society to the 

 state of its finances. It appeared that for several years 

 past, the annual contributions from members, on which the 

 Society relies for the means of paying its current expenses, 

 had fallen off by the secession of many who had formerly 

 been members. It was proposed that an earnest eflfort 

 should be made to add one hundred new members to the 

 Society ; and it was voted to refer the subject to the Presi- 

 dent, and Messrs. Bulfinch and Bouve. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Professor Emmons's Report on the Taconic System of New 

 York. From the Author. 



Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, conducted by Prof. Emmons 

 and A. Prince. From the Editors. 



DR. FRANCIS BOOTT's DONATION. 



Lamarck. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertebres. 

 5 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1815. 



Linnsei Fauna Suecica. 8vo. Ludg. Bat. 1746. 



Latreille. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum. 4 vols, in 2. 

 8vo. Paris, 1607. 



Smith, J. E. Introduction to Botany, with Notes, by Dr. J. 

 Bigelow. 8vo. Boston, 1814. 



Samouelle, G. Entomologist's Companion. 8vo. London, 

 1819. 



