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Dr. Dunglison, Clerk of Board of Officers and Council, read 

 the Minutes of the proceedings at the last meeting of the 

 Board. 



Pending and new nominations for membership were read. 



Stated Meeting, December 3. 



Present, twent3'-one members. 



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



Dr. Thomas B. Wilson, a recently elected member, was pre- 

 sented, and took his seat. 



A letter was read from the Historical Society of Pennsylva- 

 nia, communicating their thanks for No. 47, of the Proceed- 

 ings of this Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 Vol. VI. No. 5. Sept. and Oct. 1852. Philada. 8vo.— From 

 the Academy-i 



An Expedition into the Valley of the Great Salt Lake 'of Utah; in- 

 cluding a Description of its Geography, Natural History, and 

 Minerals, and an Analysis of its Waters: with an Authentic Ac- 

 count of the Mormon Settlement. Also a Reconnaissance of a 

 New Route through the Rocky Mountains; and two large and 

 accurate Maps of that region. By Howard Stansbury, Captain 

 Corps of Topographical Engineers, U. S. Army. Philadelphia, 

 1852. 8vo. — From Major Hartman Bache. 



The Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints, in the Valley of the Great Salt 

 Lake: A History of their rise and progress, peculiar doctrines, 

 present condition and prospects; — derived from personal observa- 

 tion during a residence among them. By Lieut. J. W. Gunni- 

 son, of the Topographical Engineers. Philada. 1852. 8vo. — 

 From the same. 



The Astronomical Journal. No. 50. (Vol. III. No. 2.) Nov. 20, 

 1852. Cambridge, Mass. 4to. — From Dr. B. A. Gould, jr. y 

 Editor. 



