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charged from the further consideration of the subjects referred 

 to them. 



On motion of Mr. S. C. Walker, it was resolved that a Com- 

 mittee of five members be appointed to inquire, and report at 

 the next meeting, concerning the proper course to be pursued 

 for the protection of the principal and accumulation of the 

 trust funds of the Society. Committee, Mr. Walker, Mr. 

 Williams, Mr. T. I. Wharton, Mr. Kuhn, and Mr. G. M. 

 Wharton. 



On motion of Dr. Patterson, it was resolved that the Com- 

 mittee on the Museum property be instructed to inquire into 

 the course which, in their judgment, it may be most advisable 

 to take with regard to that property, and that they report to 

 the Society at as early a meeting as practicable. 



Stated Meeting, July 15. 



Present, thirty members. 



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



Letters were read — 



From Prof. Zantedeschi, of Venice, dated 27th July, 1841, 

 transmitting a copy of his treatise on the Electrotype, and 

 requesting a correspondence with the Society: — 



From Laurentius Blanco, of Naples, dated March, 1842, 

 transmitting a copy of his work on the Papyri of Hercula- 

 neum.: — 



From D. F. Van der Pant, dated 10th May, 1842, present- 

 ing Vol. VIII. Part 2, of the Transactions of the Society of 

 Experimental Philosophy of Rotterdam, and giving notice of 

 certain deficiencies in the series of the Transactions of this So- 

 ciety, now in the Library of the Rotterdam Society: — and 



From Dr. C. W. Short, of Louisville, Ky., dated 25th May, 

 1842, stating that he had forwarded a parcel, containing dried 

 specimens of plants of Kentucky, for the Cabinet of the So- 

 ciety. 



