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Tome XI.; 2nd Nov., 1844, No. 10, Tome XI.; 15th Dec. 
and 30th Dec., Nos. 11 and 12, Tome XI.; No. 1, 11th 
Jan., 1845; No.2, Ist Feb., 1845; No. 3, Ist March, 1845; 
No. 6, 7th June, 1845,-Tome XII. Presented by the Aca- 
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Annuaire de l Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles 
Lettres de Bruxelles. Onzieme Annuare, 1845. Presented by 
the Academy. 
Memoir of Simon Stevin. By A. Quetelet. Presented 
by the Author. 
Catalogue of Stars of the British Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science. Presented by the Association. 
Flora Batava. Nos. 139 and 140. Presented by the 
King of Holland. 
Geological Map of the State of New York. By Legis- 
lative Authority. Presented by the State of New York. 
13th April, 1846. 
Rev. HUMPHREY LLOYD, D.D., President, in the 
: Chair. : 
John Alcorn, Esq., Abraham W. Baker, Esq., Philip 
Bevan, M.D., John Oliver Curran, M.B., Matthew D’ Arey, 
Esq., James Birch Kennedy, Esq., Michael H. Stapleton, 
‘M.B., and the Hon, and Rey. William Wingfield, were 
: elected Members of the Academy. 
. The President, on taking the Chair, delivered the follow- 
ing Inaugural Address : 
“ GenTLEMEN,—My first—my most urgent duty—on this, to me 
‘most solemn occasion, is to thank you for the high distinction you 
have conferred. It would be idle to attempt to express how highly I 
esteem the honour: the thought that I had been deemed worthy to 
