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The Society then proceeded to ballot for candidates for 

 membership. 



The following resolution was, on motion of Judge Kane, 

 unanimously adopted: — 



Resolved, That the cordial thanks of the Society be and they 

 hereby are tendered to George Ord, Esq., for the faithful, assiduous, 

 and effective manner in which he has for several years discharged 

 the duties of Treasurer and Librarian of this Society. 



On motion of Dr. Patterson, permission was granted to Mr. 

 R. Tilghman to publish his paper on the Decomposition of 

 Substances by Steam at a High Temperature, as an extract 

 from the forthcoming volume of this Society's Transactions, 

 in any of the scientific journals of this country. 



The other business being finished, the ballot box was exa- 

 mined, and the following gentlemen were declared to have 

 been duly elected members of this Society: — 



Mr. John F. James, of Philadelphia. 



Rev. Robert Baird, D.D., of New York. 



Lieut. J. Melville Gilliss, of Washington. 



J. C. Adams, Esq., St. John's College, Cambridge (Eng- 

 land). 



Prof. Asa Gray, of Cambridge (Mass.). 



Dr. GusTAv. Adolph Jahn, of Leipsic. 



Stated Meeting, February 4. 



Present, seventeen members. 



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



Mr. John F. James, a newly elected member, was introduced 

 and took his seat. 



Letters were received and read : — 



From the Zoological Society of London, dated London, 

 April, 1847, acknowledging the receipt of the Transactions 

 and Proceedings of this Society: — 



From the Imperial Society of Naturalists at Moscow, dated 



