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requested to furnish them with a copy of his Address, in or- 
der that it might be inserted on the Minutes. Having pointed 
out the merits of the different candidates for the privilege of 
Honorary Membership, the President concluded by saying 
that, for his own part, he thought a more judicious selection 
could not possibly have been made ; and he derived peculiar 
satisfaction from the circumstance that the Council, in making 
their choice, had not confined themselves to their own con- 
tinent, but had gone across the Atlantic. Every true friend of 
science must notice with pleasure the rapid advance which the 
Americans were making in every branch of learning, and es- 
pecially in the departments of Geology, Mathematics, and 
Astronomy, in the last of which Sciences they were not only 
following their own steps, but even rivalling their instructors ; 
and, therefore, it is our duty not merely to feel grateful for 
their co-operation, but to give them whatever aid may be af- 
forded by the expression of admiration and regard, or by the 
due appreciation of their labours. 
Mr. Hogan exhibited some ancient vases, the property of 
a friend of his, and stated that the owner was willing to allow 
the Academy to select from his collection as many objects of 
the kind as it might be thought desirable to place in the Aca- 
demy’s Museum. 
The President observed that there could be no hesitation 
as to the propriety of accepting the offered donation. 
It was then resolved that the offer should be accepted, and 
Mr. Hogan was requested to convey the thanks of the Aca- 
demy to the gentleman who had so kindly made it. 
The Secretary announced a donation from Dr. J. M. Ne- 
ligan, of four Numbers of the ‘‘Correspondenza Scientifica in 
Roma,” of which other Numbers had been already presented 
by the same donor. 
