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DONATIONS. 
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l Acade- 
mie des Sciences. Par. MM. les Sécretaires Perpetuels. — 
Second Semestre, Nos. 26 and 27. Presented by the Aca- 
demy. 
Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. 
Tome XL. Presented by the Academy. 
Transactions of the Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. MU. 
Presented by the Society. 
Report of a Committee of the Royal Society, on the Pro- 
priety of recommending to her Majesty's Government, the Es- 
tablishment of fixed Magnetic Observatories, and the Equip- 
ment of a Naval Expedition for Magnetic Observations in the 
Antarctic Seas ; together with the Resolutions adopted on that 
Report by the Council of the Royal Society. Present- 
ed by the Society. 
Rough Sketches, intended to aid in developing the Natural 
History of the Seals, (Phocide) of the British Islands. By 
R. Ball, Esq. Presented by the Author. 
_ The Expediency and Facility of establishing Metrolo- 
gical and Monetary Systems throughout India, on a scientific 
and permanent Basis, grounded on an analytical Review 
of the Weights, Measures, and Coins of India, §c. §e. 
By Captain T. B. Jervis. Presented by the Author. 
The Indian Review, and Journal of Foreign Science and 
the Arts. Edited by Frederick Corbyn, Esq. Vol. II. Pre- 
sented by the Editor. 
February 11. 
SIR Wn. R. HAMILTON, A. M., President, in the Chair. 
The Rev. Robert Vickers Dixon, F.T.C., was elected a 
Member of the Academy. 
