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April, the letter from the President of the Royal Society of 

 Sciences, Agriculture and Arts, of Lille, reported in favour of 

 entering into correspondence with that Institution and inter- 

 changing with it the Transactions and other publications of this 

 Society ; and the Secretaries and Librarian were instructed ac- 

 cordingly. 



Mr. Lea laid on the table several volumes of the Transac- 

 tions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Dur- 

 ham, and Newcastle upon Tyne, England, for which he invited 

 the Society to exchange a copy of its publications. On motion, 

 the Librarian was instructed to make the proposed exchange. 



Stated Meeting, June 18. 



Present, twenty-seven members. 



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



Mr. Gilliss, a member of the National Institution at Wash- 

 ington, was introduced as a visiter. 



Letters were received — 



From the Secretary of the Cambridge Historical Society, 

 England, dated 17th Nov. 1S38, acknowledging the receipt of 

 Vol. VI. N. S. of the Transactions of this Society, and of the 

 Second Volume of the Transactions of the Historical and Lite- 

 rary Committee: — 



From the Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences, dated Boston, 25th May, 1841, acknowledging the 

 receipt of three Parts of the Transactions and one number of 

 the Proceedings: — 



From Mr. J. Francis Fisher, dated 17th June, 1841, pre- 

 senting to the Society some rare Tracts, by Cotton Mather. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Institut de France. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. 

 Tomes XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. Paris, 1835—1840. 4to. 

 From the Institute. 



