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!^[ouvelles Meteorologiques at Paris ; the London Chemical 

 and Geographical Societies ; Victoria Institute and Nature ; 

 the R. Cornwall Polytechnic Institute ; the L. and H. Society 

 at Quebec ; Mr. Putnam, of Salem ; Prof. H. H. ITewton ; 

 and Silliman's Journal ; the College of Physicians and Penn 

 Monthly, of Philadelphia ; The Louisville Printing House 

 for the Blind ; St. Louis Western ; Mexican Gr. and S. So- 

 ciety ; and the Smithsonian Institute. 



The death of Dr. I. A. Lapham, at Milwaukee, Septem- 

 ber 4, 1875, age — , was announced by the Secretary, with 

 remarks by Dr. Le Conte. 



On motion, Dr. Brinton was requested to learn by corres- 

 pondence with Dr. Philip Valentini of Mexico, more fully, 

 the probable value of his memoir on the Aztec Calendar 

 Stone. Dr. Brinton communicated to the Society the fact 

 of Dr. Valentini's new interpretation of the stone in a his- 

 torical sense, as opposed to the astronomical interpretation 

 of Humboldt, G-allatin, and Gama, and that his MSS. would 

 make about eighty pages of the Transactions, with illustra- 

 tions ; and that Dr. Valentini would be pleased to have it 

 submitted to a committee of examination. 



Pending nominations ISTos. 781, 783 to 790, and new 

 nomination, 'No. 791, were read. 



And the meeting was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, October 15th, 1875. 



Present, 17 members. 



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



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the 

 Academia dei Lincei at Rome, and Linufean Society, Lon- 

 don, August 25th, (92, 93). 



Donations for the Library were received from F. W. C. 

 Trafford, of Zurich ; the French Geographical Society and 

 Revue Politique ; the Linnsean Society, London ISTature, and 



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