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the National Institution, dated Washington, 24th April, 1843, — 

 the Acting Secretary of the London Society of Arts, &c, dated 

 London, 24th Jan. 1843, — the Proprietors of the Bowditch 

 Library, dated Boston, March, 1843, — the Corresponding Se- 

 cretary and Librarian of the Northern Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences, dated Hanover, N. H., 27th April, 1843, — the Li- 

 brarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, dated Boston, 

 28th April, 1843, — and the Corresponding Secretary of the 

 Lyceum of Natural History of New York, dated 25th April, 

 1S43, — severally acknowledging the receipt of recent numbers 

 of the Transactions and Proceedings of the Society: — 



From the Corresponding Secretary of the Massachusetts 

 Historical Society; announcing that a delegation from that 

 body will be present at the centennial celebration of this So- 

 ciety: — and 



From the Hon. J. M. Porter, acknowledging the receipt of 

 a letter from a Committee of the Society, communicating its 

 thanks for his intervention in sustaining the Magnetic Obser- 

 vatory. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



First Annual Report of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the 

 Legislature, under the Act of March, 1842, relating to the Regis- 

 try and Returns of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in Massa- 

 chusetts. Boston, 1843. 8vo. — From the Secretary of the 

 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 



Annales des Mines, Quatrieme Serie, Tomes I. II. 8vo. — From the 

 Ingenieurs des Mines. 



Royal Astronomical Society of London: Proceedings, Vol. V. No. 

 29. March 10, 1843. 8vo.— From the Society. 



The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 

 XII. Part 1. 1842. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Journal Asiatique, ou Recueil de Memoires, &c. &c. 3e Serie. 

 Tome XIV. No. 78. Octobre, 1842. 8vo.— From the Asiatic 

 Society of Paris. 



Boletin Enciclopedico de la Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Paiz. 

 Ano 4to. Tomo II. No. 1. Valencia, 1843. 8vo. — From the 

 Society. 



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