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Stated Meeting, October 17. 



Present, twenty members. 



Dr. Patterson, President, in the Cliair. 



Mr. Isaac Hazleliurst, a recently elected member of the So- 

 ciety, was presented and took his seat. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, dated 15th 

 August, 1850, and 15th August, 1851, announcing donations 

 to the Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu 

 Berlin. Jahrgang, 1848 und 1849. 2 vols. 4to. Berlin, 1850, 

 1851. — From the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin. 



Monatsbericht der Konigl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu 

 Berlin. July, 1849, to June, 1851. Berlin. 8vo. — Fro7n the 

 same. 



Preface. Voyage au Ouaday, par le Cheykh Mohammed Ibn-Omar 

 el Taunsy. Traduit de I'Arabe par le Dr. Perron, &c. &c. 

 Preface par M. Jomard. Paris, 1851. 8vo. — From the Au- 

 thor. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 1 sheet. 

 Vol. IV. pp. 65 to 80. Boston. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XXII. No. 4. 

 October, 1851. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



The African Repository. Vol. XXVII. No. 10. October, 1851. 

 Washington. 8vo. — From the American Colonization Society. 



Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Case. Circuit Court of the United 

 States: Eastern District of Pennsylvania: In Equity. Benjamin 

 B. French et al. versus Henry J. Rogers et al. 2 vols. 4to. 

 Philadelphia, September, 1851. — From George Harding, Esq. 



Essay on the Classification of Nemertes and Planariae: preceded by 

 some general considerations on the Primary Divisions of the 

 Animal Kingdom. By Charles Girard. 8vo. — From the Author. 



The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. Vol. IV. No. 4. October, 

 1851. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From F. G. Skinner, Editor. 



