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case of tlie meteoric " IsTortliers,'' and to similar views ex- 

 pressed bj Professor Loomis at the last meeting of the 

 ]!:^ational Academy at Washington, regretting that he had 

 not had leisure to place all the facts which he had observed 

 and gathered in support of his views before the Society. 



Pending nomination 'No. 780 was read. 



Mr. Fraley reported the receipt of the quarterly interest 

 of the Michaux legacy, due April 1st, amounting, with the 

 premium on gold, to $154.48. 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, 31aij 21, 1875. 

 Present, 15 members. 

 Vice-President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



A letter acknowledging the receipt of Proceedings 92 

 was received from the Kew Bedford Free "Public Library. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Asiatic Society 

 of Japan, dated Yokohama, April 5 ; the United States 

 Coast Survey office ; the ISTorwegian University, Christiana ; 

 and Mr. II. Wheatland, Salem, Massachusetts, May 5, 1875. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Uni- 

 versity of Norw^ay ; Dr. Boekh ; the Roj^al Society at Got- 

 tingen ; Royal Academ}^ at Berlin ; Horticultural Society, 

 Berlin; Dorpat Observatory ; Imperial Greological Institute, 

 Vienna ; Societe Vaiidoise, Lausanne ; Editors of Revue 

 Politique, Paris, and " Nature," London ; Mr. H. Wheat- 

 land, Salem ; Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; 

 New Bedford Free Public Library ; Prof. Dana, New Haven ; 

 Buiialo Society of Natural History ; Editor of the American 

 Chemist, New York; Department of the Interior, U. S.; 

 and Mr. Winchell. 



Letters requesting back numbers to complete a set were 

 received from the Royal Academy, Berlin, and Triibner & Co. 



Mr. Lesley described the changes made in the theoretical 



