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Map of New York Bay and Harbour. Two sheets, which complete 

 the Map, the whole being composed of six sheets. — From Prof. 

 A. D. Bache. 



Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the 

 First Session of the 28th Congress, begun and held in the City of 

 Washington, December 4, 1843, and in the Sixty -eighth Year of 

 the Independence of the United States. Washington, 1843. 8vo. 

 From the Hon. James Buchanan, Secretai'y of State. 



Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States. First 

 Session, 28th Congress. Washington, 1844. 8vo. — Fi^om the 

 same. 



Public Documents, printed by order of the Senate of the United 

 States. First Session, 28th Congress. Six Volumes. Wash- 

 ington, 1844. 8vo. — From the same. 



Executive Documents. First Session, 28th Congress. Six Volumes. 

 Washington, 1843, 1844. 8vo.— From the same. 



Reports of Committees. First Session, 28th Congress. Three Vo- 

 lumes. Washington, 1843, 1844. 8vo. — From the same. 



ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY BY PURCHASE. 



Astronomische Nachrichten. No. 549, with Supplementary Num- 

 ber. 4to. 



Prof. Frazer, on the part of the Committee on Major Gra- 

 ham's paper, reported progress. 



Mr. Daniel B, Smith read a portion of a letter from Prof. 

 Henr}-, of Princeton, that referred to a paper by Mr. Faraday, 

 relating to a new discovery in regard to the polarization of light, 

 and stating that he had repeated with success the experiments 

 of Mr. Faraday. 



Stated Meeting, January 16. 



Present, twenty-six members. 



Dr. Chapman, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were received and read: — 



From the Perpetual Secretary of the First Class of the 

 Royal Institute of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, dated July 



