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Stated Meeting, January 20. 



Present, thirty-five members. 



Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were read: — 



From the Societe de Geographic, dated Paris, 25th Aug. 

 1842, — the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, dated 

 10th Jan. 1S43, — the Boston Society of Natural History, dated 

 1st September, 1842, — and the Royal Institution of London, 

 dated 6th Oct. 1842, — severally acknowledging the receipt of 

 donations from the Society. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Flora Batava; ou Figures et Descriptions de Plantes Belgiques, par 

 J. Kops et F. A. W. Miguel, Livrn. No. 125. 4to. Amster- 

 dam. — From H. M. the King of the Netherlands. 



Ancient Laws and Institutions of Wales, printed by command of His 

 late Majesty William IV., under the direction of the Commission- 

 ers on the Public Records of the Kingdom. Folio. London, 

 1841. — From the Commissioners on the Public Records. 



Osservazioni sullo Stato della Zoologia in Europa, &c. &c, da Carlo 

 Luciano Bonaparte, Principe di Canino e Musignano. 8vo. Flo- 

 rence, 1842. — From the Prince of Canino. 



Annales des Mines, 4me Ser. Tome I. 8vo. Paris, 1842. — From 

 the Fngineers of Mines. 



Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. Vol. III. Part II. 

 Nos. 87, 88. 8vo. 1842.— From the Society. 



Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie de Paris. 2me. Ser. Tome 

 XVII. 8vo. Paris, 1842.— From the Society. 



Journal Asiatique, ou Recueil de Memoires, &c &c. 3me. Ser. 

 Tome XIII. No. 75. Tome XIV. Nos. 76, 77. 8vo. Paris, 

 1842. — From the Asiatic Society of Paris. 



The Boston Journal of Natural History. Vol. IV. No. 2. Boston, 

 1842. — From the Society of Natural History, Boston. 



The American Journal of Science and the Arts. By Professor Silli- 

 man and B. Silliman, Jr. Vol. XLIV. No. 1. 8vo. January, 

 1843. — From the Editors. 



