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November 30. (Stated Meeting.) 

 JAMES APJOHN, M. D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mons. Arago, of Paris, was unanimously elected an Hono- 

 rary Member of the Academy. 



Certain Returns ordered by the Council, on the 1st July, 

 to be furnished to the Academy, were laid upon the table, 

 viz.: 



1. A List of all Papers or Essays read before the Academy, 

 in the departments of Belles Lettres and Antiquities, which 

 were referred to Council for publication, from the l7th 

 March, 1828, to 17th March, 1844, containing the dates 

 of such reading, the names of the authors, whether or- 

 dered by the Council for publication, and, if published 

 in the Transactions, with the dates of the Council's order 

 for publication.* 



2. A statement of all payments made by the Academy for 

 wood-cuts and engravings for Proceedings and Transac- 

 tions, from 1816 to 1845, inclusive. 



3. A statement of all payments made by the Academy for 

 letter-press printing, from 1816 to 1845, inclusive. 



4. Extract from Minutes of Council, June 29th, 1840, con- 

 taining Mr. Petrie's contract to supply the Academy with 

 450 copies of his Essay on the Round Towers, at thirty 

 shillings per copy. 



5. A statement of premiums, in money and medals, given by 

 the Academy from 15th March, 1828, to June 24th, 1844. 



6. A statement of the available assets and liabilities of the 

 Academy. 



* With the view of making this Return as full as possible, it also included 

 the Papers on Science which were read, and it was continued to 24th June, 

 1844, when the session ended. 



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