Washington, 16th December, 1845, in refei'ence to the furnish- 

 ing the Society with Congressional documents: — 



From the same Department, dated Washington, 11th De- 

 cember, 1845, announcing the transmission of a donation to the 

 Library of the Society: — 



From the Regents of the University of New York, dated 

 Albany, 9th December, 1845, acknowledging the receipt of the 

 Proceedings of the Society, Vol. IX. No. 33: and, — 



From the Royal Society of Sciences, Agriculture, and Arts, 

 of Lille, dated Lille, 17th October, 1845, acknowledging the 

 receipt of seven volumes of the Transactions of this Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Journal Asiatique. Quatrieme Serie. Tome VI. Juillet, Aout. Nos. 

 25, 26. Svo. — From the Asiatic Society of Paris. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Troisieme Serie. Tome III. 

 Paris, 1845. Svo. — From the Geographical Society of Paris. 



Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses 

 of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the 

 Twenty-ninth Congress. Washington, December, 1845. Svo. — 

 From the Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXI. Decem- 

 ber, 1845. Svo. — From the American Colonization Society. 



Report of the Commissioners appointed by authority of the City 

 Council, to examine the Sources from which a Supply of Pure 

 Water may be obtained for the City of Boston. City Document, 

 No. 41. Boston, 1845. Svo. — From Walter R. Johnson, Esq. 



Memoir on the Language and Inhabitants of Lord North's Island. 

 From the Memoirs of the American Academy. By John Picker- 

 ing. Cambridge (Mass.), 1845. 4to. — From the Author. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY BY PURCHASE. 



Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de I'Academie des 

 Sciences. Tome XXI. Nos. 9 to 16, inclusive. 1st Septem- 

 ber to 20th October, 1845. 4to. 



The list of outstanding Committees on subjects of science, 

 and on obituary notices of deceased members, were read. 



A communication for the Magellanic Premium, entitled 

 " Memoir on the Parallectic Eye-piece, an Optical Combina- 



