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On motion of Mr. G. Washington Smith, the Librarian, and 

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Stated Meeting, November 19. 



Present, twenty-three members. 



Dr. Chapman, President, in the Chair. 



A letter was received and read: — 



From the Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Academy of 

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12. November, 1847. 8vo. — From the Editors. 

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Botany, and Geology. Vol. XX. No. 133. October, 1847. 



8vo. — From Sir Wm. Jardine, Bart. 

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59. 8vo. — From Messrs. Lea Sp Blanchard. 

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