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Letters of acknowledgment were received from the K K. 

 Sternwarte, Prague, Bohemia (l-il); Societe d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, Strassburg (140, 141); Prof. Abel Hovelacque, 

 Paris, France (141); Dr. Traill Green, Easton, Pa. (142); 

 Prof. John F. Carll, Pleasantville, Pa. (142) ; Mr. Jedediah 

 Hotchkiss, Staunton, Va. (142); Scientific Society, Denver, 

 Colo. (142) ; Central Meteorological Observatory, Mexico, 

 Mexico (140, 141); Ob?ervatorio Astronomico Nacional Mex- 

 icano, Tacubaya (142) ; Instituto fisico-geografico Nacional, 

 San Jose de Costa Rica, C. A. (141) ; Museo Nacional, Buenos 

 Aires, S. A. (139, 140, 141). 



Accessions to the Library were reported from the Geologi- 

 cal Survey of India, Calcutta ; Statistica Central Byran, 

 Stockholm, Sweden ; K. K. Zoologisch-botanische Gesell- 

 schaft. Prof. Karl Penka, Vienna, Austria ; Gesellschaft fur 

 Erdkunde, Berlin, Prussia; Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 

 Freiburg i. B. ; Societe d'Histoire Naturelle, Strassburg, 

 Alsace ; Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Zurich, Switzerland ; 

 "II Nuovo Cimento," Pisa, Tuscany; Universite de Lyon, 

 France ; Instituto y Observatorio de Marina, San Fernando, 

 Spain; R. Meteorological Society, London, Eng. ; Royal 

 Society, Edinburgh, Scotland; Theological Seminary, An- 

 dover, Mass. ; Commission of Public Records, Boston, Mass. ; 

 Mr. Walter S. Logan, New York, N. Y. ; Hon. Robert E. 

 Pattison, Harrisburg, Pa. ; Dr. C. S. Dolley, Philadelphia ; 

 California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco ; Historical 

 Society, Chicago, 111. ; Experiment Stations, Raleigh, N. C. ; 

 Ames, la. ; Lincoln, Neb. ; Corvallis, Oreg. 



The death of Cavaliere Damiano Muoni, Milan, Italy, Feb- 

 ruary 22, 1894, set. 74, was announced.* 



* Cavaliere Damiano Muoni was born at Antiffnate, Province of Bergamo, Italy, on 

 the fourteenth day of August, 1820. His early life was studious, and his ambitions 

 patriotic. He participated in the ill-starred insurrection, " le cinque giornate," of 1848, 

 at Milan, and iu consequence was obliged to be absent from his country for a long 

 period. His time was filled with study, and he returned the possessor of much valua- 

 ble historical and archceological matter. His activity in authorship was unceasing, and 

 over one himdred books, pamphlets, papers, etc., attest his proficiency in history, gene- 

 alogy, archfEology, fine arts, and other branches of knowledge. He held the position of 

 state Archivist for many years, and was zealous, courteous and obliging. 



