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upon G. B. Sowerby, Jr.'s Monograph of the latter Genus. By 

 John H. Redfield. — From the same. 



The Committee appointed, at the last meeting, to confer 

 with a Committee of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of 

 Boston, and with Lieut. Gilliss, on the subjects referred to in 

 a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, read on the 15th of 

 September, reported their action. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 224 and 225, were read. 



On motion, the South Carolina College was placed on the 

 list of correspondents of this Society. 



Special Meeting, October 1 3. 



Present, sixteen members. 



Dr. Chapman, President, in the Chair. 



The President stated that the Society had been called to- 

 gether to receive the award of the arbitrators in the matter in 

 dispute between the Society and Mr. W. D. Lewis. 



Which award having been read, together with a letter from 

 the counsel of the Society, the Society adopted the resolutions 

 presented to them by the Committee on Finance. 



On motion of Judge Kane, the thanks of the Society were 

 presented to Messrs, T. I. Wharton and H. J. Williams, who 

 had officiated so assiduously and ably as counsel for the Society. 



Stated Meeting, October 20. 



Present, eleven members. 



Dr. Patterson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were received and read: — 



From the Royal Society of Sciences of Stockholm, dated 

 Stockholm, 1st November, 1847, transmitting a donation to the 

 Library, and announcing the receipt of Vol. IX. Part 2, of the 

 VOL. V. — F 



