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Stated Meeting, June 20. 



Present, twenty-seven members. 



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



Letters were received and read: — 



From Richard Owen, dated London, 18th March, 1845, ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of notice of his election as a member 

 of this Society: — 



From the Geological Society of London, dated May 1st, 

 1845, acknowledging the receipt of a donation from the So- 

 ciety: — 



From the Regents of the University of New York, dated 

 Albany, 6th June, 1845, acknowledging the receipt of dona- 

 tions from the Society: — 



From the New York Historical Society, dated New York, 

 June 1845, acknowledging the receipt of the Proceedings of 

 this Society: — 



From the First Class of the Royal Society of Sciences of 

 Holland, dated Amsterdam, 22d March, 1843, acknowledging 

 the receipt of the Transactions of this Society, and announcing 

 a donation: — 



From the same Society, dated Amsterdam, 31st March, 

 1844, acknowledging the receipt of Transactions and Proceed- 

 ings of this Society, and announcing a donation: and, — 



From Lieut. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., dated Philadelphia, 

 23d May, 1845, announcing a donation to the Society. 



Mr. Kane announced that a letter had been received by Dr. 

 Dunglison, from Prof Van Raumer, acknowledging the receipt 

 of notice of his election. Dr. D.'s sickness prevented him 

 from reading it to the Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 

 XIII. Part II. 1844. 8vo. Vol. XIV. Part II. 1844. 8vo.— 

 From the Society. 



