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DONATIONS. 



Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de I'Acade- 

 mie des Sciences. Par. MM. les Secretaires Perpetuels. 

 Second Semestre, Nos. 26 and 27. Presented by the Aca- 

 demy. 



Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. 

 Tome XL. Presented by the Academy. 



Transactions of the Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. II. 

 Presented by the Society. 



Report of a Committee of the Royal Society, on the Pro- 

 priety of recommending to her Majesty's Government, the Es- 

 tablishment of fixed Magnetic Observatories, and the Equip- 

 ment of a Naval Expedition for Magnetic Observations in the 

 Antarctic Seas ; together with the Resolutions adopted on that 

 Report by the Council of the Royal Society. Present- 

 ed by the Society. 



Rough Sketches, intended to aid in developing the Natural 

 History of the Seals, {Phocidce) of the British Islands. By 

 R. Ball, Esq. Presented by the Author. 



The Expediency and Facility of establishing Metrolo- 

 gical and Monetary Systems throughout India, on a scientific 

 and permanent Basis, grounded on an analytical Review 

 of the Weights, Measures, and Coins of India, fyc. $c. 

 By Captain T. B. Jervis. Presented by the Author. 



The Indian Review, and Journal of Foreign Science and 

 the Arts. Edited by Frederick Corbyn, Esq. Vol. II. Pre- 

 sented by the Editor. 



February 11. 

 SIR Wm. R. HAMILTON, A. M., President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. Robert Vickers Dixon, F.T.C., was elected a 

 Member of the Academy. 



