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acknowledging the receipt of the Society's publications : Yerein fiir 

 Vatcrliindische Naturkunde in Wiirttemberg, Stuttgart, October, 

 1863; Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Emden, October 8th, 1863; 

 Ferdinandeum zu Insbruck, October 12th, 1863; Societe de Physique 

 et d' HIstoirc Naturclle de Geneve, February 21st, 1864; Societe des 

 Sciences physiques et naturelles, Zurich, March 20th, 1864, acknowl- 

 edging the same and presenting their publications : Naturforschende 

 Gesellschaft in Danzig, October 1st, 1863 ; K. Preussische Akademie 

 der Wissenschaften, Berlin, November 30th, 1863; Societe Royale 

 des Sciences de Liege, January 21st, 1864; Senckenbergische Natur- 

 foi-schende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt, February 1st, 1854; K. Leopold- 

 inisch-Carohnisch Deutsche Academie, Dresden, March 1st, 1864; 

 Katurfoi-schende Gesellschaft, Gorlitz, March 2d, 1864, presenting 

 their various pubUcations : Naturforschender Yerein, Berne, Decem- 

 ber 12th, 1863: presenting its publications and proposing an ex- 

 change ; and the Directeur de la Bibliotheque Imperiale Publique de 

 St. Petersbourg, January 10th, 1864, proposing an exchange of publi- 

 cations. 



The following gentlemen were elected Resident Mem- 

 bers:— Dr. D. M. Parker, Dr. J. C. Sharp, Messrs. John Fos- 

 ter, Thomas Wiggleswortb, J. L. D. Barton, Jacob Norton, 

 Cleveland Abbe, O. H. St. John and William James. 



3Iay 18, 1864. 



The President in the chair. 



Twenty-five members present. 



The Society having by accident omitted to vote for Treas- 

 urer at the previous meeting, j^roceeded to ballot for that 

 officer, and Mr. T. T. Bouve was duly elected. 



The change in the Constitution and the new code of By- 

 Laws proposed and acted upon at the last meeting were 

 finally adopted by a vote of the Society. 



Mr. A. Agassiz made a communication on the development 

 of Comatuhi. 



Mr. Waterston presented a section of a large ash-tree cut 



