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Stated Meeting, January 16. 



Present, twenty-five members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Etat Major of the Corps of Mining Engineers of 

 Russia, dated St. Petersburg, July 7, 1851; and from the Royal 

 Academy of Sciences at Stockhohn, dated Stockhohn, Sept. 

 20, lS51,both accompanying donations to this Society: — 



From the Geographical Society of London, dated Oct. 28, 

 1851; and from the Society of Antiquaries, dated Somerset 

 House, 24th Nov. 1851, acknowledging the receipt of No. 46, 

 of the Proceedings of this Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Annales de I'Observaloire Physique Central de Russie : Publiees par 

 ordre de sa Majeste I'Empereur Nicolas I. sous les auspices de 

 M. le Comte Wrontchenko, Ministre des Finances et Chef du 

 Corps des Ingenieurs des Mines. Par A. T. Kupffer, Directeur 

 de rObservatoire Physique Central. Annee, 1848. Nos. I, 2, 3. 

 St. Petersburg, 1851. 4to. — From the Etat Major of the Corps 

 of Mining Engineers of Russia. 



Compte Rendu Annuel, adresse a M. le Comte Wrontchenko, Minis- 

 tre des Finances. Par le Directeur de I'Observatoire Physique 

 Central, A. T. KupfFer. Annee, 1850. St. Petersbourg, 1851. 

 4to. — From the same. 



Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar for ar 1849. Stock- 

 holm, 1851. 8vo.^ — From the Royal Academy of Sciences, 

 Stockholm. 



Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forbandlingar. Sjunde 

 Arg&ngen, 1850. Stockholm, ISol. 8vo. — From the same. 



Arsberattelser om Botaniska Arbeten och Upptackter for aren 1845, 

 1846, 1847 och 1848, till Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademien afgifna 

 den 31 Mars, aren 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, af Joh. Em. Wik- 

 strom. Forra Delen. Stockholm, 1850. 8vo. — From the same. 



Arsberattelse om Framstegen i Insekternas, Myriapodernas och Ara- 

 chnidernas Nafural-historia, for 1847 och 1848, till Kongl. Veten- 



