The minutes of the officers and council at their meeting on 

 the 13th inst. were read. 



Judge Kane, on the part of Br. E. K. Kane, communicated 

 the thanks of the latter for the aid extended to him by the So- 

 ciety, in relation to the expedition about to sail under his com- 

 rriand to the Arctic regions. The preparations having been 

 nearly completed, the vessel will probably be at sea in the 

 course of the next ten days. 



Stated Meeting, June 17. 



Present, twelve members. 



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



Dr. Robert M. Bird, a recently elected member, was intro- 

 duced and took his seat. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Secretary of I'Ecole des Mines, dated Paris, 4th 

 January, 1S53, announcing the transmission of a donation for 

 the Societj^'s Library: and — 



A circular letter, dated City Library, New Bedford, May 

 21, 1853, accompanying the first Annual Report of the Trus- 

 tees of said Library, and expressing a desire to correspond 

 with other literary and scientific institutions. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Memorie dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo di Scienze, Letters ed Arti. 

 Vol. III. Milano, 1852. 4to. — From the Royal Lomh a rdy In- 

 stitute of Sciences, Letters and Arts. 



Giornale dell' I. R. Instituto Lombar-do, &c. Tomo VI. VII. VIII. 

 Milano, 1846-1847. Qvo.—From the same. 



Giornale dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo, &c. e Biblioteca Italiano. 

 Nnova Serie. Fascicoli I.-XVIII. Milano, 1847-1852. 4to.-- 

 From the same. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XIII. No. 

 6. April 8, 1853. London. 8vo. — From the Society. 



