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The Committee on the Celebration was authorized to make 

 distribution of copies of the centennary proceedings. 



On motion of Prof Bache, the communication, entitled " On 

 two Storms which occurred in February 1842, by Elias Loo- 

 mis, of Western Reserve College, Ohio," read before the So- 

 ciety on the 26th of May, was referred to a Committee, consist- 

 ting of Prof. Frazer, Prof Bache, and Dr. Emerson. 



The communications, entitled " On the Instruments of the 

 Astronomical Observatory of the U. S. Military Academy, 

 West Point," and " the Observations made upon the Comet of 

 Feb. 1843," by Prof W. H. C. Bartlett of the U. S. Military 

 Academy, read 30th May, were referred to a Committee, con- 

 sisting of Mr. Walker, Prof. Bache, and Prof. Kendall. 



On motion of Mr. Lea, the communication, entitled "Des- 

 cription of some new Fossil Shells, from the Tertiary of Pe- 

 tersburg, Va.," by Henry C. Lea, Esq., read 30th May, was 

 referred to a Committee, consisting of Prof. Booth, Mr. T. R. 

 Peale, and Dr. Hays. Mr. Lea had permission to publish an 

 abstract of his communication in anticipation of the Transac- 

 tions. 



Stated Meeting, Oct. 6. 



Present, twenty-eight members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Mr, John Downes, a member elect, was presented, and took 

 his seat. 



Letters were received: — 



From Hon, A. P. Upshur, Secretary of State, dated Oct. 1, 

 1843, transmitting eighteen volumes of public documents: — 



From the Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of Turin, 

 transmitting donations to the Library: — 



From the Secretary of the Zoological Society, dated London, 

 Dec. 2, 1842; — and from the Secretary of the Zoological Soci- 

 ety of London, dated June 27, 1843, acknowledging the re- 

 ceipt of the Transactions and Proceedings of this Society: — 



