44 



From M. Arago, dated Paris, Sept. 29, 1843, acknowledging 

 the receipt of Transactions and Proceedings of this Society. 

 The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Catalogue of Books added to the Library of the Library Company of 

 Philadelphia, since the Large Catalogue of 1835, to January, 

 1844. Third Edition. 1844. 8yo.— From the Directors of 

 the Company, 



Insanity among the Coloured Population of the Free States. By 

 Edward Jarvis, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Extracted from 

 the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, for January, 

 1844. — From the Author, 



ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY BY PURCHASE. 



Journal des Observations Physiques, Mathematiques et Botaniques, 

 faites par I'ordre du Roy sur les Cotes Orientales de I'Amerique 

 Meridionale, et dans les Indes Occidentales, depuis I'annee, 1707, 

 jusques en 1712. Par le R. P. Louis Feuillee. Paris, 1714 — 

 1725. 3 Vols. 4to. 



On motion of Mr. Kane, Mr. Dillingham was appointed to 

 prepare an obituary notice of Judge Gaston, whose decease was 

 reported to the Society at its last meeting. 



Professor Frazer announced the death of Dr. Marmaduke 

 Burrough, at Mount Holly, at the age of 46; and on motion 

 of Mr. Lea, Dr. Morton was appointed to prepare an obituary 

 notice of him. 



Stated Meeting, March 1. 



Present, twenty members. 



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



Letters were received: — 



From the Hon. B. F. Butler, dated New York, Feb. 22, 

 1844, acknowledging his election as a member of the So- 

 ciety: — 



