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15. From the Zoological Society of London — Proceedings of the 

 Society 1872, parts 2, 3 ; 1873, parts 1 and 2 ; Index, 18G1 to 

 1S70. 



16. From the Geological Society, London — Quarterly Journal, Vol. 

 29, Nos. 114, 115, 116 ; Vol. 30, No. 117. 



17. From the Linnean Society — Journal of the Society, Vol. 13, Nos. 

 69 to 72 ; Vol. 14, Nos. 73 and 74, Botany ; Vol. 11, No. 56 ; 

 Vol. 12, No. 57, Zoology. " Proceedings " of Session, 1872-3. 



18. From the Eoyal Asiatic Society — Journal, Vol. 6, part 2. 



19. From the Eoyal Geographical Society — Journal of Society, 

 Vol. 42, bound ; Proceedings, Vol. 16, No. 5 ; Vol. 17, Nos. 1, 

 2 ; Vol. 18, No. 1. 



Presentations from A merica — 



1. From the Commissioner of Patents, Washington — Patent Office 



Eeports for 1869, Vols. 1, 2, 3 ; 1870„Vols. 1 and 2 ; 1871, Vols. 



1 and 2. 



2. From the Secretary U. S. Sanitary Commission — Eeport of the 



Commission in the Valley of the Mississippi during the War of the 

 Eebellion, 1861-66. 



3. From the Secretary, War Department, Washington — Eeport of the 



Chief Signal Officer for 1S72. (Meteorology.) 



4. From the Smithsonian Institution Eeport, 1871 — " Miscellaneous 



Collections," theTonor Lectures, No. 1, "On the Structure of 

 Cancerous Tumors," by J. J. Woodward; Directions for collecting 

 and preserving insects. " Dorpat and Pulkova Observatories." 



5. From Dr. F. V. Hayden, United States Geologist — Bulletin 



No. 1 Geological Survey of the Territories ; Eeport of Secretary 

 for the Interior, 1873 ; Synopsis of New Vertebrata from the 

 Tertiary of Colorado, 1873 ; Meteorological Observations in Utah, 

 Idaho, and Montana, 1872 ; Lists of elevations in portion of U. 

 States West of Mississipi Eiver, 1st 2nd and 3rd Annual Eeports 

 of the Geological Survey of the Interior. "Acrida? of North 

 America," by C. Thomas Ph. D. ; " Contributions to Extinct 

 Vertebrate Fauna of the Western Territories," by Joseph Leidy. 



6. From the United States Naval Observatory, Washington, " Astro- 



nomical and Meteorological Observations" 1871, 1 Vol. 4to, bound. 



7. From the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, "Proceed- 



ings," Vol. 8. 



8. From the American Philosophical Society, "Proceedings," Vol. 



12, No. 88, Vol. 13, Nos. 90,91. 



9. From the Boston Society of Natural History, " Proceedings" Vols. 



13, 14, Vol. 15 parts 1 and 2.— " Memoirs," Vol. 2 part 1, Nos 



2 and 3, Vol. 2, part 5, Nos. 1, 2, 3. 



10. From the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, — " Pro- 

 ceedings," 1871, parts 1, 2, 3. 



11. From the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences — "Tran- 

 sactions " Vol. 2, part 2. 



12. From the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences — "Bulletin," Vol. 

 1, Nos. 1, 2, 3. 



13. From the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts — "Bulletin," 

 Vol. 4, 1872. 



14. From Verplauck Colvin, Esq. — " Eeport on a topographical survey 

 of the Adirondack Wilderness, New York. 



15. From Board of Education, Pennsylvania, Annual Eeport for 1S72. 

 The Secretary read a paper on " The Launceston Tertiary Basin," by 



E. M. Johnston, Esq. This was the second paper on the same subject, 



by Mr. Johnston, and was illustrated by several drawings by the author. 



Mr. M. Allport said it was hardly possible to say much about so 



