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D. G. Brinton, M. D., of Philadelphia. 

 A. D. White, President Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 J. H. C. Coffin, U. S. N., Supt. Naut. Almanac, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



Joseph Wharton, of Philadelphia. 

 And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, May 7, 1869. 



Present, nine members. 



John C. Cresson, Yice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Brinton was introduced to the presiding officer, and 

 took his seat. 



Letters accepting membership were received from J. H. C. 

 Coffin, dated Nautical Almanac Office, Washington, April 21, 

 1869 ; D. G. Brinton, dated 1001 North Sixth street, Phila- 

 delphia, April 19, 1869 ; A. Carlier, dated 6 rue de Milan, 

 Paris, Avril 19, 1869, and D. White, dated Cornell Univer- 

 sity, Ithaca, N. Y., May 1. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Eoyal 

 Academies and Societies at St. Petersburg, Berlin, Copen- 

 hagen, Gottingen, Munich, and Dnblin; the Societies of Sci- 

 ence at Offenbach, Frankfort, Bordeaux, Manchester and 

 Leeds ; the Geological Societies at Yienna, and Geographical 

 Societies at London and Paris, the Zoological Botanical So- 

 ciety at Yienna, the London Astronomical, Chemical, Meteor- 

 ological and Asiatic Societies, the Boston Natural Historical 

 Society and Wool Manufacturers Association, the American 

 Pharmaceutical Society, Academy of Natural Sciences, Frank- 

 lin Institute, House of Refuge, Deaf and Dumb Institute, 

 Dr. C. D. Meigs, the United States Sanitary Commission, the 

 Congressional Library, and Mr. T. B. Brooks, Civil Engineer 

 at Negaunee, Michigan. 



Dr. Hayden presented, for publication in the Transactions, 

 an Appendix to his report of the Geology on the Yellow and 

 Missouri Rivers, under the superintendence of Captain Ray- 



