Stated Meeting, May 20. 

 Present, thirteen members. 



Dr. DuNGLisoN, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Drs. B. A. Gould, jr. and J. B. Biddle, recently elected 

 members, were introduced and took their seats. 



Letters were read : — 



From Dr. J. G. Flugel, dated Leipsic, March 31, 1853, ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of notice of his election as a member 

 of this Society: — 



From the Royal Society of London, dated Somerset House, 

 Feb. 7, 1853, returning thanks for No. 47 of the Proceed- 

 ings; and — 



From Dr. Edward Jarvis, announcing a donation of a col- 

 lection of pamphlets made by him to the Library of the So- 

 ciety. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for the year 1852. 

 Parts 1 and 2 : with a list of the Council and Fellows of the So- 

 ciety. London. 4to.— From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Vol. VI. Nos. 83 to 

 03. London. 8vo. — From the same. 



Me moires de I'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des 

 Beaux Arts de Belgique. Tome XXVL Bruxelles, 1851. 4to. — 

 From the Belgian Academy of Sciences, (^"c. 



Memoires Couronnes et Memoires des Savants Etrangers, publies par 

 I'Academie Royale des Sciences, &c. de Belgique. Tome XXIV. 

 1850-1. Bruxelles. 4to. — From the same. 



Memoires Couronnes : — Collection in 8vo. Tome V. Premiere Par- 

 tie. Bruxelles. 8vo. — From the sa me. 



Bulletins de I'Academie Royale des Sciences, &c. de Belgique : Tome 

 XVIII. 2eme Partie. Tome XIX. lere et 2eme Parties, 1852. 

 Bruxelles. 8vo. — From the same. 



Annuaire de I'Academie Royale des Sciences, &c. de Belgique, 1852. 

 XVIII. Annee. Bruxelles. 8vo. — From the same> 



