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indebted to the liberality of Messrs. pewidge, W. 
H. Smith, and G. F. Filley, associate me iced Seliaity Sale 
aren each, $100 toward the : proopienete. of that og 
e-half of the whole collection was now in t 
t re Academ 
, ae eyes of the Academy were age to the gentlemen 
named for their very liberal contributio 
Dr. ilgard was authorized to age 
of the Academy, a remarkable fossil fish, that oe had a found 
in the Coal Measures, in Illinois. 
made some interesting remarks on the 
pondence of the several Oisiadone of the vertebrate skal with 
the vertebrae, in respect of their parts or Nag illustrating 
his observations from crania of various anima 
Rey. John Higginbotham, of Halifax, N. S., was elected a 
Correspondent, and Messrs. Wm. H. Vande rford, Edward Ha- 
ren, Sen., J. S. Post, F. A. Meyer, E. Schrick, and E, Boerner : 
M.D., were elected Associate Members. 
June 15, 1857. 
The President, Dr. B. F. Savaarp, in the chair. 
The Jour. of the Franklin, apes Lipps sas, 1857 1857, was 
ty; a cop, es of 
