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From the Geological Society of London, dated Somerset 

 House, 15th June, 1848; and from the Linnean Society, dated 

 Soho Square, London, 22d June, 1848, acknowledging the re- 

 ceipt of Vol. X. Part I. of the Transactions, and Nos. 36 to 39 

 of the Proceedings of this Society: — 



From the Holland Academy of Sciences, at Harlem, dated 

 Harlem, 29th July, 1848, announcing a donation to this So- 

 ciety: and — 



From the Honourable, the Secretary of the Navy, dated 

 Washington, 30th August, 1848, on the subject of the proposed 

 astronomical observations for the parallax of the planets Venus 

 and Mars. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOE THE LIBRARY. 



Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. XVIII. 



Part I. 1848. — From the Society. 

 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Nos. 30 to 34. 



From June 2, 1846, to March 7, 1848. — From the Society. 

 Charter and By-Laws of the Linnean Society of London. 1848. — 



From the same. 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany 



and Geology. Second Series. Vol. II. No. 7. July, 1848. — 



From Sir William Jardine, Bart. 

 Die Cephalopoden des Salzkammergutes, aus der Sammlung seiner 



Durchlaucht des Fiirsten von Metternich. Ein Beitrag zur 



Palceontologie der Alpen. Von Franz Ritter von Hauer: Mit 



einem Vorworte von Wilhelm Haidinger. — From Prince Met- 

 ternich. 

 Journal Asiatique. Tome X. No. 50, et Tome XI. Nos. 51 au 54. 



November, 1847, to May, 1848. — From the Asiatic Society of 



Paris. 

 Boston Journal of Natural History. Vol. V. No. 4. — From the 



Boston Society of Natural History. 

 Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XVI. No. 2. 



August, 1848. — From the Institute. 

 American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Professors 



Silliman and Dana. Second Series. Vol. VIII. No. 17. Sept. 



1848. — From the Editors. 



