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Dr. Patterson, from the Committee on Astronomical Obser- 

 vations, to whom was referred the consideration of the best 

 application of the sum of money in possession of the Society, 

 and collected for the erection of an Astronomical Observatory, 

 reported progress, and exhibited certain designs for an ob- 

 servatory. 



Mr. T. Biddle, from the Committee to whom the money 

 had been entrusted, reported the amount in their hands. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the So- 

 ciety : — 



Charles Bonnycastle, Professor of Mathematics, &c. in 

 the University of Virginia. 



M. Francois Pierre Guillaume Gltizot, of Nismes, in 

 France. 



