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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Light Houses of the 

 United States. With Communications from the Messrs. Blunt of 

 New York, pointing out Defects. Washington, 1838. — From 

 Messrs. E. <$f G. W. Blunt. 



Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Nos. 1, 

 2, & 3. Moscow, 1837. — From the Society. 



Report to the Senate of the United States, by Senator Linn, on the 

 Memorial of Dr. Henry Perrine, applying for a tract of land in 

 Florida for the cultivation of Tropical Plants. Washington, 

 1838. — From Dr. Henry Perrine. 



Memoire sur le Systeme Grammatical des Langues de quelques Na- 

 tions Indiennes de PAmerique. Ouvrage qui a remporte le prix 

 Volney adjuge par PInstitut de France. Par P. S. Duponceau. 

 Paris, 1838. — From the Author. 



Expose Sommaire de la Constitution des Etats Unis de PAmerique. 

 Par P. S. Du Ponceau. Traduit de PAnglois par M. d'Homergue. 

 Paris, 1837. — From the Author. 



Atlas Classica. By H. S. Tanner. Nos. 4 to 7. Philadelphia, 1838. 

 From the Author. 



Boston Journal of Natural History. Published by the Boston Society 

 of Natural History. — Vol. II. No. 1. Boston, 1838. — From the 

 Society. 



The Committee appointed at the last meeting to consider the 

 expediency of publishing from time to time, a brief abstract of 

 the proceedings of the Society, reported in favour of its expe- 

 diency, and in order to carry the measure into effect, proposed 

 the following resolutions, which were adopted. 



1. That the Secretaries be authorized to choose one of their 

 number as Reporter of the Society, whose duty it shall be to 

 prepare and print, from time to time, a brief abstract of its 

 proceedings. 



2. That the Reports shall commence with the first proceed- 

 ings of the present year. 



3. That the Librarian be charged with the duty of their dis- 

 tribution. 



And it was directed that the Reports be published at least 

 once in every three months, if the state of the materials shall 

 permit. 



Dr. Hays, from the Committee of Publication, announced 



