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Professor A. M. Edwards of New York, spoke concerning the con- 

 nection of Guano deposits with Infusorial shales, and Bitumen, vide 

 page 11. 



The thanks of the Institute were voted to Mr. Edwards for his 

 address. 



Thomas Spencer of England, Ferdinand J. Dreer of Philadelphia, I. 

 P. Langworth of Chelsea, J. J. Howard of London, and James A. 

 McNiel of Grand Eapids, Mich., were elected Corresponding Members. 

 Candidates for election as Kesident Members, were announced. 



LETTERS ANNOUNCED. ' 



Batchelder, Jacob, Lynn, Jan. 8; Boardman, Samuel L., Augusta, Me., Nov. 30; 

 Brigham, W. T., Boston, Dec. 18; Chipman, Rev. R. M., East Granby, Conn, Dec. 

 15; Cobb, W, H.. Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa., Dec. 16; Dix, D. L., Washington, D. 

 C., June 10; Dumas, V., Boston, Dec. 21; Eaton, Lilley, Wakefleld, Dec. 29; Geer, 

 Elihu, Hartford, Conn., Dec. 31; Goodell, A. C., jr., Salem, Jan. 6; Gould, B. A., 

 Cambridge, Dec. 16; Howard, J. J., Dartmouth Row, Blackheath, Kent, England, 

 Dec. 11; Hubbard, Sara A., Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 21; Jackson, Rev. S. C., Bos- 

 ton, Dec. 30, and Jan. 4; Johnson, W. C., Newburyport, Dec. 24; Kinrock, Gusta- 

 vus, Iowa City, Dec 25; Lacklau, R. M., London, England, March 3; Lincecum. 

 Geo. W., Long Point, Dec. 14; Lyman, Arthur T., Boston, Jan. 12; McAlistevJohn 

 A., Philadelphia, Jan. 2; Naturborschendfe Gesellschaft, Frieburg, March 3; Nor- 

 ton, Edward, Farmington, Sept. 4; Porter, Horace P., Wayland, Allegan County, 

 Mich., Dec. 31; Riley, Charles V., St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 21; Robinson, Ernest, New 

 Haven, Dec. 31 ; Royal Institution, London, Nov. 29; Society Royale des Sciences, 

 aUpsal, Sept. 15; Spofford, Jeremiah, Groveland, Dec. 22; Tomkin, John, New 

 York, Dec. 21; Turnbull, W. P., Philadelphia, Jan. 5; Verrill, A. E., New Haven, 

 Conn., Nov. 18, and Dec. 20; Watt, David A. P., Montreal, May 4; Yeomans,W. H. 

 Columbia, Conn., Jan. 1. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



BY DONATION. 



AGASSIZ, L., Cambridge. Contributions to the Fauna of the Gulf Stream at 

 great depths, 8vo, pamphlet. 



BATCHELDER, JACOB, Lynn. Lynn Directory for 1863, 1 vol. 12mo; ditto for 

 1865, 1 vol. 8vo. Catalogue of Lynn Free Public Library, 1 vol. 8vo. 



BROOKS, CHARLES T., Newport, R. I. Carriers Addresses, Newport, 1869. 



BUTLER, B. F., M. C. Speech in U. S. Congress on National Currency, Jan. 

 1869, 8vo, pamphlet. 



CHASE, THOMAS, Haverford College. Catalogue of officers and students for 

 1868-9, 12mo pamphlet. 



COLE, Mrs. N. D. Files of Salem Gazette for 1868, 1 vol. folio. 



EATON, LILLET of Wakefleld. Inaugural exercises at Wakefleld, on the occa- 

 sion of the assumption of the new name, July 4, 1868, 8vo, pamphlet. 



GREEN, SAMUEL A., Boston. 48 Pamphlets. 



HOLDEN, N. J. Various papers and pamphlets relating to the campaign of 1868 



HOOD, MARY W. Massachusetts Gazette for Dec. 26, 1786. 



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