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The following alteration in Chapter VIII. Section 3, of 

 the By-laws, was recommended hy Council: — 



" That in the Order of proceedings on the nights of 

 meeting, the reading of the Minutes shall precede the Ad- 

 mission of new Members." 



Adopted by the Academy. 



The following alteration in Chapter IX. Section 3, of 

 the By-laws, was recommended by Council, on the sugges- 

 tion of the Committee of Publication : — 



" That it is expedient to transfer to the Committees of 

 Science, Polite Literature, and Antiquities, the duty of re- 

 porting, in future, on papers offered for publication in the 

 Transactions." 



Adopted by the Academy. 



It was Resolved, — " That the Academy request, that 

 any alteration in a By-law, proposed by the Council, 

 shall be stated in full to the Members of the Acade- 

 my, together with the existing By-law, so proposed to be 

 amended." 



The Academy then adjourned to Monday, the 28th of 

 January. 



DONATIONS. 



Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de VAca- 

 demie des Sciences. Par MM. les Secretaires Perpetuels. 

 Tome Sixieme; premier Semestre, Janvier — Juin, 1838; 

 et second Semestre, Nos. 21 — 25. Presented by the 

 Academy. 



Annates Academies Gandavensis, Qc. $c. 1817-1828. 

 11 Vols. Presented by the Academy. 



Amputations dans la Contiguite des Membres. Par le 

 Docteur Ch. Phillips, de Liege. Presented by the Author. 



Notice sur la Vanille Indigene. Par Ch. Morren. Pre- 

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