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Letters were received and read: — 



From the Zoological Society of London, dated December, 



1843, and 30th July, 1844:— 



From the Society of Antiquaries, London, dated 22d No- 

 vember, 1844, acknowledging the receipt of donations from 

 the Society: — 



From Prof. Bartlett, dated West Point, 19th December, 



1844, on the subject of observations of the late eclipse: — and, 

 From Prof. Reinwardt, of Leyden University, dated Octo- 

 ber, 1844, announcing a donation to the Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. III. Parts 

 2 and 3. 1843, 1844. 4to. — From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Nos. 120 to 130, 

 inclusive. 8vo. — From the same. 



Reports of the Council and Auditors of the Zoological Society of 

 London, read at the Annual General Meeting, April 29, 1844. 

 8vo. — From the same. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania. Third 

 Series. Vol. VIII. No. 6. December, 1844. 8vo. — From Dr. 

 R. M. Patterson. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XX. No. 12. 

 December, 1844. 8vo. — From the American Colonization So- 

 ciety. 



Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche 

 overzeesche Bezittingen, door de Leden der Natuurkundige Com- 

 missie in Indie en andere Schrijvers. Uitgegeven op last Van 

 den Koning door C. J. Temminck. Botanie. Geredigeerd door 

 J. A. Susanna, Gedrukt door J. G. la Lau. Leiden, 1839 — 1842. 

 Folio. — From Professor C. G. C. Reinwardt. 



Twenty-fifth CongresSi 3d Session ; House of Representatives, Doc. 

 208. Twenty-eighth Congress, 2d Session ; House of Represen- 

 tatives, Doc. 16. — From the Hon. J. R. Ingersoll. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. III. No. 25. January, 

 1845. 8vo. — From Lea <S^ Blanchard. 



The Hospitals and Surgeons of Paris. An Historical and Statistical 

 Account of the Civil Hospitals of Paris ; with miscellaneous in- 

 formation, and Biographical Notices of some of the most eminent 



