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The following alteration in Chapter VIII. Section 3, of 
the By-laws, was recommended by Council :— 
*‘ That in the Order of proceedings on the nights of 
meeting, the reading of the Minutes shall precede the Ad- 
mission of new Members.” 
Adopted by the Academy. 
The following alteration in Chapter IX. Section 3, of 
the By-laws, was recommended by Council, on the sugges- 
tion of the Committee of Publication :— 
‘That it is expedient to transfer to the Committees of 
Science, Polite Literature, and Antiquities, the duty of re- 
porting, in future, on papers offered for publication in the 
Transactions.” 
Adopted by the Academy. 
It was Resolved,—“ That the Academy request, that 
any alteration in a By-law, proposed by the Couneil, 
shall be stated in full to the Members of the Acade- 
my, together. with the existing By-law, so proposed to be 
amended.” 
The Academy then adjourned to Monday, the 28th of 
January. 
DONATIONS. 
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demie des Sciences. Par MM. les Secretaires Perpetuels. 
Tome Sixiéme; premier Semestre, Janvier— Juin, 1838; 
et second Semestre, Nos. 21—25. Presented by the 
Academy. 
Annales Academix Gandavensis, §c. §c. 1817-1828. 
11 Vols. Presented by the Academy. 
Amputations dans la Contiguite des Membres. Par le 
Docteur Ch. Phillips, de Liége. Presented by the Author. 
Notice sur la Vanille Indigéne. Par Ch. Morren. Pre- 
sented by the Author. 
