214 



The resolutions reported at the last meeting, from the Com- 

 mittee on the By-laws, were taken up for consideration, and 

 having been amended, the Chair decided that they must lie 

 over until the next meeting. 



On motion of Mr. Ord, the Committee appointed to report 

 on the condition of the manuscripts of the Society was dis- 

 charged. 



On motion of Mr. Ord, the Librarian was directed to send 

 a set of the new series of the Transactions of the Society to the 

 Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory of the Institute of 

 Mines of St. Petersburg, and to transmit them hereafter as they 

 appear. 



On motion of Dr. Dunglison, the Librarian was instructed to 

 carry into effect henceforth. Chap. VIIL Sect. 3d, of the By- 

 laws of the Society. 



Stated Meeting, December 5. 



Present, twenty-three members. 



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



Letters were received and read : — 



From the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, dated 1st 

 August, 1845, on transmitting the Transactions and Monthly 

 Proceedings of the Academy: — 



From Col. Abert, dated Washington, 3d December, 1845, 

 acknowledging the receipt of notice of his appointment to pre- 

 pare an obituary notice of the late Mr. Nicollet: and,— 



From Dr. Wood, dated Philadelphia, 27th November, 1845, 

 accepting the appointment to prepare an obituary notice of the 

 late Dr. Beasley. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu 

 Berlin. Aus dem Jahre, 1843. Berlin, 1845. 4to. — From the 

 Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin. 



