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Stated Meeting, Becemher 19. 



Present, nineteen members. 



Dr. Patterson, President, in the Chair. 



A letter was read: — 



From Rear Admiral Don Juan Jose Martinez, dated Madrid, 

 May 3, 1851, announcing a donation from him to the Library 

 of the Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Observations made at the Magnetical and Meteorological Observatory 

 at the Cape of Good Hope. Printed by order of Her Majesty's 

 Government, under the superintendence of Lieut. Col. Edward 

 Sabine, of the Royal Artillery. Vol. I. Magnetical Observations, 

 1841 to 1846: with abstracts of the Observations from 1841 to 

 1850, inclusive. London, 1851. 4to. — From the British Go- 

 vernment, through Col. Sabine. 



Contributions to Astronomy and Geodesy ; forming part of Vol. XX. 

 of the Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. By Thomas 

 Maclear, Esq., F.R.A.S., Her Majesty's Astronomer at the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Printed at the expense of the Board of 

 Admiralty. London, 1851. 4to. — From the same. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XI. No. 

 9. Supplement. London. 8vo. — From the Society. 



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

 No. 4 & 5. September, 1851. New York. 8\o.—Fro7n the 

 Lyceum. 



A Catalogue of the Library of Harvard University, in Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts. 5 vols., including supplement of 1834. Cam- 

 bridge, 1830, 1834. 8vo. — From the President and Fellows of 

 Harvard College, by T. W. Harris, the Librarian, through 

 Dr. Elwyn. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, (not 

 previously received). Vol. IV. Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 

 with Title page and Index. Vol. V. Nos. 1 , 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Academy. 



First and Second Supplements to the Catalogue of Books belonging 



