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From the Royal Geographical Society of London, dated 

 Waterloo Place, Oct. 14, 1852, returning thanks for No. 47 of 

 the Proceedings: and 



From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, dated Feb. 16, 

 1853, acknowledging the receipt of No. 48 of the Proceedings 

 of this Society. 



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Flora Batava, of Afbeelding en Bescbrijving van Nederlandsche 

 Gewassen. Afl. 168-172, inclusive. Amsterdam. 4to. — From 

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Annales des Mines. V. Serie. Tome I, 3 livr. de 1852. Paris. 

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Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society. No. XX. Jan. 1, 1853. 

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Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

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 the operations, expenditures and condition of the Institution dur- 

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Smithsonian Report: — On Recent Improvements in the Chemical 

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Report on the Discipline and Management of the Convict Prisons, 

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Information concerning the History, Condition and Prospects of the 

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