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15th, and the Bureau of Ethnology, J. W. Powell, Director, 

 April 25th. 



Donations for the Library were received from St. Peters- 

 burg Botanical Garden ; Swedish Bureau of Statistics ; Dr. 

 Julius Sommerbrodt,of Breslau; R. Belgian Academy; Geo- 

 graphical Society, of Bordeaux ; Revista Euskara, of Pam- 

 plona ; R. Academies at Turin and Rome ; R. Astronomical 

 Society; Society of Antiquaries; Dr. C. W. Siemens; Au- 

 gustus Mongredien ; London l^ature ; Hon. R. C. Winthrop ; 

 Boston Academy ; American Journal of Science ; American 

 Philosophical Association ; Essex Institute ; American An- 

 tiquaria,n Society ; Harvard University Bulletin ; Samuel 

 H. Scudder ; Astor Library ; Microscopical Journal ; James 

 J. Talbot; Geol. Survey of 'New Jersey ; Penna. Magazine, 

 Engineer's Club, Franklin Institute, Pharmaceutical Asso- 

 ciation, Prof. E. A. Barber, Numismatic Society, Penna. 

 Hospital for the Insane, Penna. Museum and School of In- 

 dustrial Art, Am. Journal of Pharmacy, Medical News, 

 Prof. L. M. Haupt, Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr.; Maryland His- 

 torical Society ; Smithsonian Institution, Anthropological 

 Society ; "War Department ; Hon. W. D. Kelly ; Mr. Jed. 

 Hotchkiss ; Mr. Chas. C. Jones, of Savannah. ; Wisconsin 

 Nat. History Society ; Ministerio de Fomento. 



The death of Prof. A. Delesse, at Paris, March 24th, aged 

 63, was reported. 



Mr. Frazer exhibited coins ; and also specimens of the 

 granite, cement, lead, bronze and steel used by Egyptians in 

 erecting the obelisk now in New York, and sections of the 

 granite under the microscope. 



On motion of Mr. E. K. Price, the thanks of the Society 

 were voted to Lieut.-Commander Gorringe for the great 

 gratification he had afforded the members, by the exhibition 

 of many rare and valuable ancient coins of Egypt, Mace- 

 donia, Greece and Rome ; and to Mr. D. S. Holman for his 

 assistance in rendering them visible to all by his megascope. 



Mr. Ashburner exhibited a suite of maps of one of 

 the British coal fields. 



