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Authority was given to the President to address a memorial, 

 on behalf of the Society, to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 

 asking permission to rent such parts of the building occupied 

 by the Society as are not required for their use; and the Com- 

 mittee on the Hall were authorized to take such measures as 

 may be necessary for presenting such memorial to the Legis- 

 lature. 



Stated Meeting, March 19. 



Present, twenty-one members. 



Dr. Patterson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters were announced and read: — 



From the Academy of Sciences of Stockholm, dated Stock- 

 holm, 10th October, 1846, announcing donations to the Li- 

 brary of the Society: and, — 



From Dr. Joseph Emil Niirnberger, dated Landsburg, near 

 Berlin, 10th November, 1846, announcing a donation to the 

 Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOE THE LIBRARY. 



Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, for S.r 1844. Stock- 

 holm, 1846. 8vo. — Fi'om the Royal Academy of Stockholm. 



Arsberattelse om Framstegen i Kemi och Mineralogi afgifven den 31 

 Mars, 1846; af Jac. Berzelius, K. V. A. Secret. Stockholm, 

 1846. 8vo. — -From the same. 



Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar. Nos. 

 8, 9, 10. 1845. Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive. 1846. Svo.^From 

 the same. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 Vol. III. November and December, 1846. No. 6. 8vo. — From 

 the Academy. 



Populares Astronomisches Hand-Worterbuch. Von Dr. Joseph Emil 

 Niirnberger. Erster Band. A-K. Kempten, 1846. 8vo. — From 

 the Author. 



Mittlere Oerter von 12000 Fix-sternen, fiir den Anfang von 1836, 



