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nication on the American species of Mosasaurus and Geosaurus from 

 New Jersey, since published in the Annals ; also a notice of Copro- 

 lite from the same locality. Prof. Fowler of Middlebury College 

 exhibited a specimen of colorless fluate of lime from Ackstead, N. H. 

 a new locality. 



February. — Dr. Mitchill read an essay upon various subjects of 

 natural history which had presented themselves to his notice within 

 the last month. Dr. Feuchtwanger read a paper on the pretended 

 diamonds said to have been manufactured by M. Latour and others. 

 The same gentleman presented several interesting minerals from 

 Norway, and a fossil fish, Esox islebensis, from Germany. M. Bois- 

 duval of Paris, and W. Swainson, Esq. of St. Albans, (England,) 

 were chosen corresponding members. The following gentlemen 

 were elected officers for the ensuing year. 



Joseph Delqfield, President. 



A. Halsey, J. E. Dekay, Vice Presidents. 



/. Van Rensselaer, Corresponding Secretary. 



Alfred Wagstaff, Recording Secretary. 



William Cooper, Treasurer. 



/. E. Dekay, Librarian. 



/. Cozzens, J. Delajield, L. D. Gale, J. E. Dekay, and 

 O. Brooks, Curators. 



8. Providence Franklin Society, — Officers for 1830, elected at an 

 annual meeting, Jan. 5th. 



William T. Grinnell, President. 



Stanford JVewell, Vice President. 



Samuel Boyd Tobey, Secretary. 



George Baker, Treasurer. 



Owen Mason, ^ 



Joseph Balch, Jr. \ Standing Committee. 



Joseph Mauran, ) 



William S. Patten, Librarian. 



Thomas H. Webb, Cabinet Keeper. 

 This Society, whose object is the pursuit and cultivation of the dif- 

 ferent branches of Science, was established in 1821, and it consists, 

 at the present time, of between forty and fifty members. Its meet- 

 ings are holden once a week, throughout the year, and during six 

 months of this time, a lecture is given at each meeting, by some one 

 of the members, on a subject connected with the objects of the Soci- 

 ety. 



