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Stated Meeting, March 17. 



Present, sixteen members. 



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



Letters were announced and read: — 



From Giuseppe Banchero, dated Genoa, 20th January, 1848, 

 asking the Society to subscribe to a newspaper, a specimen of 

 which accompanied the letter: and, — 



From the American Antiquarian Society, dated Worcester, 

 8th March, 1848, acknowledging the receipt of Vol. X. Part 1, 

 of the Transactions of this Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Palseontology of New York, Vol. I. : containing Descriptions of the 

 Organic Remains of the Lower Division of the New York Sys- 

 tem. By James Hali, A.M., Palseontologist of the State of New 

 York. Albany, 1847. 4to. — From the Author. 



Medical News and Library. Vol. VII. No. 63. March, 1848.— 

 From Lea S^ Blanchard. 



Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Library of New York. 

 Albany, 1848. — From the New York State Library. 



Annual Catalogue of the Medical Department of the University of 

 Louisville, Session of 1847-8. — From Dr. Short. 



Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of 

 Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thir- 

 tieth Congress: together with the accompanying Documents. 

 Washington, Dec. 7, 1847. — From the Hon. J. R. Ingersoll. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge : Occultations visible in the 

 United States during the Year 1848. 4to. — From the Hon. G. 

 M. Dallas. 



Address before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 28th January, 

 1848, on the occasion of opening the Hall in the Athenseum. By 

 William B. Reed. Philadelphia, 1848. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. Vol. XLV. No. 267. Third Se- 

 ries. Vol. XV. No. 3. March, 1848. — From the Institute. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXIV. No. 3. 

 March, 1848. — From the American Colonization Society. 



