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were scrutinized by the presiding officer, and the following 
gentlemen declared duly elected Members of the Society: j 
M. Jean Baptiste Léon Say, Prefect of the Seine, Paris. 
Mr. Lorin Blodget, of Philadelphia. 
Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, of Philadelphia. 
Mr. Adolph E. Borie, of Philadelphia. 
And the meeting was adjourned. y 
Stated Meeting, Muy 3d, 1872. 
Present, 18 members. 
Vice-President, Prof. Crussoy, in the Chair. 
A letter accepting membership was received from Dr. D. 
Hayes Agnew, dated 1611 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 
April 22, 1872. 
A Circular Letter, signed by the Mayor of Strasburg and 
others, requesting donations to the Municipal Library of 
that city, destroyed August 24, 1870, was read. 
On motion, the request of Prof. Stevenson, to print a note 
to his Memoirs in the Transactions, was granted. 
Donations to the Library were announced from the Royal 
Academies at Berlin and Brussels, the Geographical Society 
and Political Review of Paris, London Nature, the Canadian 
| Naturalist, Old and New, Silliman’s Journal, American 
i Chemist, Prof. Mayer, the Franklin Institute, College of 
Physicians, Pennsylvania Historical Society,and Dr. Hayden. 
The death of John P. Brown, a member of the Society, at 
Jonstantinople, on the 28th ult., was announced by the 
! Secretary. 
The death of Dr. W. W. Gerhard, a member of the So- 
a ciety, at his residence, 1206 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 
April 28th, aged 68, was announced by the Secretary. 
| Dr. Rogers explained to the members present his improved 
