204 Miscellanies. 



the nation. It is obvious that the subject admits, on this occasion, of 

 cogent and ample illustration, from which we are precluded by the 

 want of time and space. 



19. Officers of the JVeiv York Lyceum ofJVatural History, elected 

 February 27, 1837. 



Joseph Delafield, President. 

 John Torrey, 1st Vice President. 

 William Cooper, 2d Vice President. 

 Samuel Thos. Carey, Corresponding Secretary. 

 J. H. Redfield, Recording Secretary. 

 John C. Jay, Treasurer. 

 Robert H. Browne, Librarian. 

 Joseph Delafield, Abraham Halsey, James E. DeKay, John C. 

 Jay, E. L. Beadle, Curators. 



John Augustine Smith, Jeremiah Van Renssalaer, Wm. Cooper, 

 John Torrey, M. C. Perry, Committee of JYominaiion. 



Wm. Cooper, Joseph Delafield, John Torrey, James E. DeKay, 

 John C. Jay, Committee of Publication. 



H. W. Field, A. R. Thompson, Archibald Russell, Finance 

 Committee. 



James E. DeKay, Orville Brooks, E. L. Beadle, Library Com- 

 mittee. 



John Augustine Smith, Anniversary Orator. 

 J. H. Hill, Draughtsman. 



20. Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Science and Lite- 

 rature, 1836. June 2. — Donations for the Cabinet were received 

 from Dr. Keener, Mr. Alexander, Dr. Baxley, Dr. Geddings and 

 Dr. Coale, and from Prof. Ducatel and Matthew Carey, Esq. of 

 Philadelphia, several works for the Library. — Twelve volumes of 

 the transactions of the Royal Society of Lisbon, were also received 

 as a donation from that Institution. — Prof. Ducatel deposited in the 

 library six livraisons of Goldfuss' Petrifactions. — Dr. Edmondson 

 reported a table of Meteorological Observations for May, 1836, 

 which was referred to the section of Physics. — The committee on 

 Meteorological Observations made a report recommending the ap- 

 pointment of a committee of four, to have charge of the selection 

 and construction of instruments — to prescribe the method of con- 

 ducting the observations — and to invite the co-operation of other 



