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Whereupon, on motion of Dr. Elwyn, it was 

 Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be presented to 

 its President, for his ver}^ generous donation towards a better 

 arrangement and accommodation of the Library. 



Stated Meeting, December 2. 



Present, twenty members. 



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



A letter was read from the Secretary of I'Ecole des Mines, 

 dated Paris, 13th July, 1853, accompanying a donation to the 

 Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for the 

 year 1852. Vol. 143. Parts 1, 2. London. 4to.— From the 

 Society. 



Astronomical and Magnetical and Meteorological Observations, made 

 at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the year 1851, under 

 the direction of George Biddell Airy, Esq. M.A. Astronomer 

 Royal. London, 1853. 4to. — From the same. 



Observations made at the Magnetical and Meteorological Observatory 

 at Toronto in Canada. Printed by order of her Majesty's Go- 

 vernment, under the superintendence of Col. Edward Sabine, of 

 the Royal Artillery. Vol. II. 1843, 1844, 1845: with Abstracts 

 of the Observations to 1848, and, in some cases, to 1852, inclu- 

 sive. London, 1853. 4to. — From the British Government. 



Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XXI. Parts 1 and 

 2. London, 1852. 4to. — From the Society. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, containing Pa- 

 pers and Abstracts of Papers, and Reports of Proceedings of the 

 Society, from Nov. 1851, to June, 1852. Vol. XII. London. 

 8vo. — From the same. 



On the Impregnation of the Ovum in the Amphibia. (Second Series 

 revised). And on the Direct Agency of the Spermatozoon. By 

 George Newport, F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. (Phil. Trans. Lond. 1853). 

 4to. — From the Author. 



