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XIII. MS. Communications on Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and 



Meteorology. 



XIV. MS. Communications on Medicine, Anatomy and Physiology. 



XV. MS. Communications on Mechanics, Machinery and Engineer- 

 ing. 



XVI. MS. Communications on Trade, Commerce and Manufactures, 

 Agriculture and Husbandry, and Economics. 



XVII. MS. Communications on Philology, Literature, Antiquities, 

 Geography and Education. 



XVIII. The MS. draughts of the Judicial Opinions of Chief Justice 

 Marshall, in the Circuit Court of the U. S., presented to the So- 

 ciety some years ago, by Mr. Brockenbrough of Richmond, Va. 

 form this Volume. 



Three other volumes contain: I. The Minutes of the Am. Phil. So- 

 ciety, previous to its union with the Am. Soc. for Promoting Useful 

 Knowledge, from Jan. to Dec, 1768. II. and III. The Minutes of 

 the Society under its present organization, from Jan., 1774, to June, 

 1787, inclusive, heretofore wanting; which Mr. Fisher has happily 

 supplied by collating numerous memoranda, and occasional records 

 found by him among the ancient papers of the Society. 



In conformity to a provision of the Laws, the following 

 stated appropriations were made for the current year: — 

 For the Hall, $200. 

 For the purchase of Journals, 

 For binding, $100. 

 For current expenses, $550. 



Stated Meeting, March 19. 

 Present, thirty-one members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair: 



Letters were read from the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society, dated Dec. 5, 1S40, and from the Secretary- of the 

 Horticultural Society of London, dated Dec. 1, 1840, acknow- 

 ledging the receipt of Part I. of Vol. VII., of the Transactions 

 of this Society. 



