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Wm. C. Kerr, dated Raleigh, N. C., January 29th; Prof. 
Edwin J. Houston, dated 3603 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, 
January 30th; Prof. Persifor Frazer, Jr., dated 137 8S. Fitth 
street, Philadelphia, January 28th ; and Mr. Wm. A. Stokes, 
dated 2026 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, Jan. 25th, 1872. 
A letter of envoi was received from the Fondation Teyler. 
Letters enclosing the draft of a memorial to Congress, for an 
appropriation for observing the transit of Venus, were received 
from Rear-Admiral Sands, dated U. 8. Naval Observatory, 
Washington, D. C., Jan. 18th, 1872, and Jan. 30th, 1872. 
On motion of Dr. Ruschenberger, a committee, consisting 
of Dr. Ruschenberger, Prof. J. F. Frazer and Mr. Marsh, 
was appointed to consider the subject of preparing a memo- 
rial to Congress for an appropriation for observing the tran- 
sit of Venus, in accordance with the recommendation of 
Rear-Admiral Sands. 
A portrait of D’Alembert, by Rembrandt Peale, was pre- 
sented to the Society by Mr. Joseph Harrison, of Philadel- 
phia, who purchased it at the sale of the Peale Collection 
some years ago. On motion, the Secretaries were instructed 
to tender the thanks of the Society to the donor. 
The Secretaries laid on the table for the examination of 
the members the 87th number of the Proceedings of the 
Society, just published. 
Donations for the Library were received from the Belgian 
Academy, the Revue Politique; Nature; the Canadian Na- 
turalist ; Salem Institute; Old and New; Silliman’s Jour- 
nal; Journal of Pharmacy; Franklin Institute; Academy 
of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; the Chief of U.S. Engi-. 
neers; the Smithsonian Institute; the New York Anthro- 
pological Society, and Senator Sumner. 
The Anthropological Institute of New York; the Voigt- 
lindsche Verein fiir Naturkunde, Reichenbach a-V.; the Zo- 
olog-Mineral. Verein, Regensburg ; and the Verein fiir Vater- 
lind: Naturkunde, Stuttgart, were, on motion, placed on the 
list of corresponding Societies, to receive the Proceedings. 
The death of Mr. Edward Miller, a member of the Society, 
