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Mr. C. C. Biddle, from the Committee of Finance, in ac- 

 cordance with the resolution passed by the Society at its last 

 meeting, made a report on the financial condition of the So- 

 ciety. 



Stated Meeting, Jlpril 17. 



Present, thirty-four members. 



Dr. Chapman, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were announced and read: — 



From the Librarian of the New York Historical Society, 

 dated March, 1846, acknowledging the reception of donations 

 from this Society: — 



From Don Pedro de Angelis, Buenos Ayres, dated Dec. 5, 

 1845, with a donation to the Library: and, — 



From Col. J. J. Abert, Washington, dated April 15, 1846, 

 in relation to an obituary notice of Mr. Nicollet. 



Professor Norton, a newly elected member, was introduced, 

 and took his seat. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Flora Batava, ou Figures et Descriptions de Plantes Belgiques. Par 

 Jan Kops et J. E. Van der Trappen. No. 137. 4to. — From 

 H. M. the King of the Netherlands. 



Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Vol. IX. of the 

 Third Series. Boston, 1846. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians of Phila- 

 delphia. From November, 1845, to March, 1846, inclusive. 

 Vol. I. No. XI. 8vo. — From the College. 



Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. Vol. IV. 

 February, 1846. No. 5. 8vo. — From the Lyceum. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXII. April, 

 1846. No. 4. 8vo. — From the American Colonization So' 

 ciety. 



Catalogue of Works in Refutation of Methodism, from its Origin in 

 1729, to the Present Time. Compiled by H. C. Decanver. Phi- 

 ladelphia, 1846. 8vo. — From the Compiler. 



