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Stated Mealing, September lfi. 

 Present, thirty-five members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Imperial Academy of Naturalists at Moscow, dated 

 8th May, 1842, and the Literary and Philosophical Society of 

 Manchester, dated 24th May, 1842, announcing the transmis- 

 sion of donations to the Library: — 



From the Prince of Canino, dated Florence, 29th July, 1842, 

 referring to the meeting of scavans to be held at Lucca in 1843, 

 and to other matters of scientific interest. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



American Medical Library and Intelligencer. By Robley Dungli- 

 son, M.D. New Series. Vol. I. No. 13. Supplement. 8vo. 

 Philadelphia, 1842. — From the Editor. 



Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. 

 Second Series. Vol. VI. 8vo. London, 1842. — From the So- 

 ciety. 



Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the London Provident Institution, to 

 the 20th Nov. 1841. London. — From William Vaughan, Esq. 



Classification of the Trades, Occupations, Business and Callings of 

 the Depositors of the London Provident Institution. London. — 

 From the same. 



Proceedings of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. V. Nos. 23 

 & 24. 8vo. London, 1842. — From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Nos. 1 to 12 in- 

 clusive, and Nos. 19 & 20. 8vo. Edinburgh. — From the So- 

 ciety. 



Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. XV. Part II. 

 4to. Edinburgh, 1842. — From the Society. 



Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For 

 the Year 1842. Parti. 4to. London, 1842. — From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society. Nos. 50, 51, 52 & 53. Lon- 

 don, 1841-42. — From the Society. 



Royal Society. Proceedings of the Committee of Physics, including 

 Meteorology. Nos. 1, 2 & 3. London. — From the Society. 



