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use a copy of the paper just presented, at a trial to be held in 

 New Brunswick, N. S. 



There being no quorum present, for the election of members, 

 the stated business of the meeting could not be proceeded 

 with. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 275, 376, 277, 278, 279, 283, 

 284, 285, were read. 



Stated Meeting, tdugust 20. 



Present, eight members. 



Dr. Patterson, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read : — 



From the Central Commission of Statistics, of Belgium, 

 dated Bruxelles, 1st May, 1852, accompanied by the Report of 

 a sub-committee, relative to the meeting of a Congress of Sa- 

 vants, of all nations, at Bruxelles, in the month of September 

 next: — 



From the Society of Sciences, Agriculture and the Arts, of 

 Lille, datedLille, 20th March, 1852; and from Professor Lep- 

 sius, dated Berlin, 20tli June, 1852, announcing the transmis- 

 sion of donations to the Society : and — 



From the Corporation of Harvard College, Cambridge, dated 

 July 16, 1852, returning thanks for Vol. X. Part 2, of the 

 Transactions of this Society; and from the Trustees of the 

 New York State Library, dated Albany, August 6, 1852, ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of the Society's Proceedings, No. 47. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Memoires de I'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg : 

 VI.eme Serie. Sciences Mathematiques, Physiques et Natu- 

 relles. Tome VII. Premiere Partie, Sciences Math, et Phys. 

 Tome V. 3e et 4e livraisons. Seconde Partie, Sci. Nat. Tome 

 V. 5e et 6e livraisons. Tome VIII. Seconde Partie, Sci. Nat. 

 Tome VI. 4e lijvraison. St. Petersbourg, 1849, 50. 4to. — From 

 the Academy. 



