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Letters were received: — 



From W. H. Dillingham, Esq., dated 14th Sept. 1843, 

 making acknowledgments on the occasion of his election to 

 membership: — 



From the Secretary of the Royal Society of Northern Anti- 

 quaries, dated Copenhagen, ISth April, 1843, transmitting a 

 donation: — 



From the General Secretary of the Central Commission of 

 the Geographical Society of Paris, dated 29th April, 1843, ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of the 2d part of Vol. 8 of the Trans- 

 actions: — 



From Wm. W. Andrews, Esq., U. S. Consul at Malta, dated 

 3d July, 1843, transmitting a catalogue of the minerals hereto- 

 fore presented to the Society: — 



From Col. Von Abrahamson, dated Odense, Denmark, trans- 

 mitting a copy of the Memoirs of the Literary Society of Fio- 

 nia: — 



From James Ombrosi, Esq., U. S. Consul at Florence, dated 

 5th July, 1843, announcing the delivery to the Grand Duke of 

 Tuscany of his diploma of membership: and thereupon the Li- 

 brarian was instructed to transmit to H. I. and R. H. a copy of 

 the Transactions, N. S., suitably bound. 



The following donations were announced : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu 

 Gottingen. Erster Band. Von der Jahren, 1838 — 1841. Mit 

 fiinf Steindrucktafeln. Gottingen, 1843. 4to. — Fi'om the Royal 

 Society of Sciences of Gottingen. 



Archives du Museum d'Histoire Nature! le. Tome 2e. Livraison 3e. 

 Tome 3e. Livraisons 1 et 2. Paris, 1841. ^to.— From the Pro- 

 fessors of the Museum. 



Journal Asiatique. 3e Serie. Tome XIV. No. 79. 1842. 4e Serie. 

 Tome I. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1843. Qyo.—From the Asiatic So- 

 ciety of Paris. 



Annales des Mines. 4e Serie. Tome II. 5e Livraison de 1842. 

 8vo. — From the Engineers of Mines, Paris. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Deuxieme Serie. Tome 



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