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Britain. From No. 19 to 33, and from 35 to 43, inclusive. 
Presented by the Earl of Lincoln, Chief Commissioner of 
Woods, Works, and Land Revenues. 
Natural History of New York. In 10 vols. 4to, with a 
geological Map accompanying each set. Presented by the 
Legislature of New York. - 
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held 
at Philadelphia for promoting useful Knowledge. Vol. 1X. 
New Series. Part 2. Presented by the Society. 
Transactions of the historical and literary Committee of 
the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 111. Part 1. Pre- 
sented by the Society. 
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society for 
January and April, Mayand August. Presented by the Society. 
A Cast in Plaster of the ancient Harp, called Brien 
Boruws Harp, in the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin. 
Presented by the Provost and Senior Fellows. 
Two heads of Fossil Elks, found at Castleknock. Pre- 
sented by Algernon Preston, Esq. 
March 16. (Stated Meeting.) 
Sir WILLIAM R. HAMILTON, LL.D., President, in 
the Chair. 
The following Report from the Council was read and re- 
ceived, and ordered to be entered in the Minutes : 
During the past year the twentieth volume of the Transactions of 
the Academy, containing Mr. Petrie’s long expected paper on the 
Round Towers of Ireland, was published, and delivered to such members 
as were entitled to it. 
The great beauty of this volume, the laborious and extensive re- 
search which it displays, and the approbation with which it has been 
received by the public, will, it is hoped, prove ample compensation to the 
Academy for the delay that unavoidably took place in its publication. 
Although it contains only a portion of Mr. Petrie’s essay, the 
Council have recommended, and the recommendation has been adopted 
