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bj' Prof. Frazer, INIr. Trego, Mr. Justice, and Dr. B. H. Coates, 

 on the subject of denudation, volcanic action, and of the geolo- 

 gical phenomena as connected with certain irregular conforma- 

 tions of the earth's surface in various parts of the globe, also in 

 reference to the apparent features of the surface of the moon. 



Pending nomination, No. 232, and new nomination. No. 

 233, were read. 



Stated Meeting , January IS. 



Present, sixteen members. 



Dr. Patterson, President, in the Chair, 



A letter was read: — 



From the Geological Society of London, dated Sth Novem- 

 ber, 1849, acknowledging the receipt of No. 42, Vol. V. of 

 the Proceedings of the Society. 



The following donations were announced : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



■Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XVII. London, 



1849. 4to. — From the Society. 

 Monthly Nonces of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. VIII., 



from November, 1847, to June, 1848. London. 8vo. — From 



the same. 

 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. No. 20. Nov. 1, 1849. 



London. 8vo. — From the Society. 

 Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Vol. IV. No. 3. 



1849. 8vo. — From the Society. 

 Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of 'New York. Vol. V. 



No. 1. May, 1849. Svo. — From the Lycevm. 

 The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy. 



Vol. V. No. 1. January, 1850. Svo. — From the Philadelphia 



Prison Society. 

 The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXII. No. 1. 



January, 1850. Washington. 8vo. — From the American Colo- 

 nization Society. 

 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, 



Botany and Geology. Second Series. Vol. IV. Nos. 23 & 24. 



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