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requested to furnish them with a copy of his Address, in or- 

 der that it might be inserted on the Minutes. Having pointed 

 out the merits of the different candidates for the privilege of 

 Honorary Membership, the President concluded by saying 

 that, for his own part, he thought a more judicious selection 

 could not possibly have been made ; and he derived peculiar 

 satisfaction from the circumstance that the Council, in making 

 their choice, had not confined themselves to their own con- 

 tinent, but had gone across the Atlantic. Every true friend of 

 science must notice with pleasure the rapid advance which the 

 Americans were making in every branch of learning, and es- 

 pecially in the departments of Geology, Mathematics, and 

 Astronomy, in the last of which Sciences they were not only 

 folio wing their own steps, but even rivalling their instructors ; 

 and, therefore, it is our duty not merely to feel grateful for 

 their co-operation, but to give them whatever aid may be af- 

 forded by the expression of admiration and regard, or by the 

 due appreciation of their labours. 



Mr. Hogan exhibited some ancient vases, the property of 

 a friend of his, and stated that the owner was willing to allow 

 the Academy to select from his collection as many objects of 

 the kind as it might be thought desirable to place in the Aca- 

 demy's Museum. 



The President observed that there could be no hesitation 

 as to the propriety of accepting the offered donation. 



It was then resolved that the offer should be accepted, and 

 Mr. Hogan was requested to convey the thanks of the Aca- 

 demy to the gentleman who had so kindly made it. 



The Secretary announced a donation from Dr. J. M. Ne- 

 ligan, of four Numbers of the "Correspondenza Scientifica in 

 Roma," of which other Numbers had been already presented 

 by the same donor. 



