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dated Washington, 17th November, 184S, accompanying a 

 programme of organization of the Smithsonian Institution, and 

 a circular of questions prepared in order to collect as accurate 

 statistics as possible of the various public libraries of the Uni- 

 ted States; which, on motion, were referred to the Secretaries 

 and Librarian to answer; and announcing a donation to the 

 Library: and — 



From Mr. Benjamin A. Gould, Jr., dated Cambridge, Mass., 

 24th November, 1848, in reference to certain works addressed 

 to the Society. 



The following donations were announced : — ■ 



rOR THE LIBRARY. 



Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu 

 Berlin; aus dem Jahre 1846. Berlin, 1848. 4to. — Fi-om the 

 Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin. 



Monatsbericht der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. July 

 1847, to June 1848, inclusive. Berlin, 1848. 8vo. — From the 

 same. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Troisieme Serie. Tome 

 VIII. Paris, 1847. 8vo. — From the Geographical Society of 

 Paris. 



Journal Asiatique. Quatrieme Serie. Tome XI. No. 55, et Tome 

 XII. No. 56. Join et Juillet, 1848. Paris, 1848. 8vo.— From 

 the Asiatic Society of Paris. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. VIII. 

 No. 9. Supplement. London, 1848. 8vo. — From the Royal 

 Astronomical Society of London. 



A Synopsis of the Commercial and Revenue System of the United 

 States, as developed by Instructions and Decisions of the Trea- 

 sury Department, for the Administration of the Revenue Lavs^s ; 

 accompanied with a Supplement of Historical and Tabular Illus- 

 trations of the Origin, Organization, and Practical Operations of 

 the Treasury Department, and its various Bureaus, in fulfilment 

 of that System. By Robert Mayo, M.D. 2 Vols. 4to. Wash- 

 ington, 1847. — From the Author. 



The Character and Labours of Linnaeus. An Address delivered be- 

 fore the Linnean Association of Pennsylvania College, Gettys- 

 burg, Pa., at the Annual Commencement, September 20, 1848. 

 By Henry S. Patterson, M.D., Professor of Materia Medica, &c. 



