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The President, upon taking the chair, expressed his thanks 

 to the Society for the honour which they had done him in 

 electing him to the office. 



Letters were received and read : — 



From the First Class of the Royal Institute of Sciences, 

 Belles Lettres and Arts, of the Low Countries, dated Amster- 

 dam, 11th October, 1848, announcing a donation to the So- 

 ciety : — 



From the Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, dated 

 London, 17th November, 1848, acknowledging the receipt of 

 Vol. X., New Series, Part I., of the Transactions, and of Vol. 

 IV., Nos. 36, 37, 38, and 39, of the Proceedings of this So- 

 ciety: and, — 



From Prof A. D. Bache, Superintendent U. S. Coast Sur- 

 vey, dated Washington, 2d January, 1849, accompanying a 

 copy of his Report on the Coast Survey for the past year, and 

 asking the consideration, by the Society, "of the scientific cha- 

 racter and results, of the practical results, and of the progress 

 of the survey, and inviting any suggestions tending to im- 

 provement in the different departments of the work." 



Which letter was, on motion of Prof. Frazer, referred to a 

 Committee, consisting of Dr. R. M. Patterson, Prof. Frazer, 

 Prof Kendall, Mr. Justice, and Judge Kane, with instructions 

 to report at the next meeting of the Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOE THE LIBRARY. 



Verhandelingen der Eerste Klasse van bet Koninklijk Nederlandsche 

 Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letterkunde en Schoone Kunsten 

 te Amsterdam. 3e Reeks: len Deels: Ite Stuk. Amsterdam, 

 1848. 4to. — From the Royal Nethei-lands Institute of Sci- 

 ences, <^^c. 



Tijdschrift voor de Wis-en Natuurkundige Wetenschappen, uitge- 

 geven door de Eerste Klasse van het Koninklijk Nederlandsche 

 Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letterkunde en Schoone Kunsten. 

 Eerste Deal: 4e aflevering, and Tweede Deel, le and 2e afle- 

 vering. Amsterdam, 1848. 8vo. — From the same. 



A Biographical Sketch of William Franklin, Governor from 1763 to 

 1776. By William A. Whitehead. Read before the New Jersey 



