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Mr. Lea announced the death of Prof. Lardner Vanuxem, 

 a member of this Society, and accompanied the announcement 

 with a brief notice of his life and scientific labours. 



On motion of Dr. F. Bache, Mr. Lea was requested to pre- 

 pare an obituary notice of Prof. Vanuxem. 



The Committee on Finance made a report recommending 

 the appropriations for the year, which were sanctioned by the 

 Society. 



Stated Meeting, February 18. 

 Present, sixteen members. 

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

 The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Journal Asiatique. Quatrieme Serie. Tome X. No. 49. Oct. 



1847. 8vo. — From the Asiatic Society of Paris. 

 Fragmens sur I'Uniforraite a introduire dans les Notations Geogra- 



phiques sur les Antiquites Americaines, et sur divers points de 



Geographie. Extrait du Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. 



Avril, 1847. 8vo. — From M. Jomard. 

 The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXIV. No. 2. 



Feb. 1848. 8vo. — From the American Colonization Society. 

 Journal of the Franklin Institute. Vol. XLV. No. 266. Third 



Series. Vol. XV. No. 2. February, 1848. 8vo.— From the 



Institvte. 

 Letter from the acting Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the 



Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the 



progress of that Work. Washington, 1847. 8vo. — From Prof . 



A. D. Bache. 

 Comstock's Phonetic Testament. The New Testament printed in 



Phonetic Characters. Philadelphia, 1848. 8vo. From Dr. A. 



Comstock. 

 Report on the Cypress Timber of Mississippi and Louisiana. By 



Montroville W. Dickeson, M.D. and Andrew Brown, A.M. Phi- 

 ladelphia, 1848. 8vo. — From the Authors. 

 VOL. V. — B 



