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Stated Meeting, March I. 



Present, twenty members. 



Dr. Patterson, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Richard A. Tilghman, elected a member of the Society 

 in 1847, during his absence in Europe, having recently re- 

 turned to this city, was introduced to the President, and took 

 his seat. 



Letters were read : — 



From Prof. Zantedeschi, dated Padova, 25th December, 1849, 

 announcing the transmission of a donation to the Society: 

 and — 



From the Royal Institution of Great Britain, dated Albe- 

 marle street, 29th December, 1849, acknowledging the receipt 

 of No. 43, of the Proceedings of this Society. 



Prof. Frazer called the attention of the Society to the value 

 of the work presented bj'- Professor Zantedeschi, entitled "An- 

 nali di Fisica." 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. .3eme Serie. Tome XI. Paris, 



1849. 8vo. — From, the Geographical Society of Paris. 

 Journal Asiatique. 4eme Serie. Tome XIII. No. 65, et Tome 



XIV. Nos. 66, 67 & 68. Juin a Octobre, 1849. Paris. 8vo.— 



From the Asiatic Society of Paris. 

 Annali di Fisica dell' Abbate Francesco Cavaliere Zantedeschi, Pro- 



fessore, &c. Fascicolo II. Padova, 1849-50. 8vo. — From the 



Author. 

 Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manu- 

 factures and Commerce. New Series. Vol. I. Parts 1 & 2. 



London, 1847-9. 4to. — From the Society. 

 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, 



Botany, and Geology. 2d Series. Vol. V. No. 25. January, 



1850. London. 8vo. — From Sir William Jardine, Baronet. 

 Report of the Select Committee of the Assembly of the State of New- 

 York, appointed to investigate the matters connected with the 



