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"On Ice Impediments to Australian Voyages," by J. T. Towson, Esq. 

 " On Certain New and Rare Products of the Vegetable Kingdom," by 

 T. C. Archer, Esq. 



The donations to your Society, made between the month of June. 

 1854, and the same month, 1855, have been entered in your minutes, 

 received your thanks, and been acknowledged in the ninth volume of 

 " Proceedings." They may be thus enumerated:— 



October IC, 1854. — "Lectures on Quaternions," by Sir W. B.. Hamil- 

 ton, from the Author ; " Proceedings and Papers of the Historic Society 

 of Lancashire and Cheshire, Session V^I," from the Society; "Notices 

 of Meetings of Members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 

 Part XI," from the Royal Institution, Albermarle-street, Loudon ; 

 " Twenty-first Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 

 1833," from the Society ; " Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society," Vol. XIV. Nos. 6 and 8, from the Society, October, 30. — 

 " Siluria," by Sir Roderick J. Murchison, from the Author ; " Monthly 

 Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society," Vol. XIV. No. 9, from the 

 Society. November 27. — " Report of the Council of the Historic 

 Society of Lancashire and Cheshire," from the Society. December 11. 

 — " Sixth Annual Report of the Free Public Library and Museum, at 

 Salford," from the Committee; "Notices of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society," Vol. XV. No. 1, from the Society ; " New Theories of the 

 Universe," by Dr. James Bedford, from the Author ; " Natural History of 

 the Eastern Borders," Vol. I., Botany, by Dr. George Johnston, from 

 the Author. January 8, 1855. — " Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 

 Transactions," three parts, from the Club ; " Seven Letters on the 

 Estuary of the Mersey," by Joseph Boult, Esq., from the Author; 

 "Reportof the Botanical Society of London, "from the Society; "Remarks 

 on the Letter of the Medical Relief Committee to the General Board 

 of Health," by Dr. Duncan, from the Author. January 92.' — "Journal 

 of the Archaeological and Historic Society of Chester," from the begin- 

 ning, Parts 1, 2, and 3, from the Society. February 5. — "Proceedings 

 of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Session 1853-54," from the Society. 

 February 19. — "Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society," from the 

 Society; Laws and List of Members of the Historic Society of Lanca- 

 shire and Cheshire, from the Society ; Duplicate Copies of the same on 

 the 28th of May. March 19.— "Journal of the Geological Society of 

 Dublin," Vol. IV., Part 2, No. 2, and Vol. VI., Part 1, from the Society ; 

 "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society," Vol. XV., No. 

 4, from the Society ; " Report of the Royal Institution of Liverpool,'' 

 from the Council of the Institution. April IG. — "On Spontaneous 

 Combustion," by Dr. Inman, from the Author; "Monthly Notices of 



