552 [Oet. 4, 1872. 
Dubois. } 
both official and personal ; and resolutions of the same tenor were unani- 
mously adopted by the officers and workmen, 
To this I will only add in conclusion, the unsought testimony, just re- 
ceived, of a gentleman who, after a service of fifty years in the Royal 
Mint at London, lately retired from the post of Queen’s Assayer, which 
he had filled with great ability. 
“JT have to express my unfeigned regret at this loss to science, and 
especially our branch of it. I was not personally known to Mr. Eckfeldt; 
but I can say, his name and his works will live forever in the wide world. 
I sympathize in the loss his relations will have to sustain,” 
Stated Meeting, Oct. 18th, 1872. 
Present, 17 members. 
Dr, Emerson in the chair, 
Dr. Agnew and Mr. Goleman Sellers, newly elected mem- 
bers, were introduced to the presiding officer, and took their 
seats. 
Letters accepting membership were received. from Mr. 
Coleman Sellers, dated Philadelphia, October 12th, and from 
Dr. R. J. Levis, dated Arch and Thirteenth ‘Streets, Phila- 
delphia, October 14th, 1872. 
A letter of envoy was received from the Imperial Acad- 
emy at Vienna, dated May 8tb, 1872. 
Letters acknowledging the receipt of publications were 
received from the Asiatic Society of Bengal, June 15th, 
1872 (83 to 85, XIV. i.); the Imp. Academy, Vienna, Novem- 
ber 7th, 1871 (83, 85, 86, XIV. i, ii.); the Zoological Society, 
London, 87 Hanover Square, September 30th, 1872 (83 to 88, 
XIV. i. and iii.); the Royal Soc. Edinburgh, March 18th, 1872 
(82); the Lyceum ot N. H., New York, October 7th, 1872, (88). 
the University of Virginia, October 7th, 1872 (88); the 
American Academy, Boston, October 8th, 1872 (88); the 
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, October 7th, 1872 
(88); the University of the City of New York, October 
10th, 1872 (88); the New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, 
October 8th, 1872 (88); the Maine Historical Society (88), 
announcing also the decease of Mr. Ballard; the Essex Insti- 
tute, Salem, October 11th, 1872 (88); and. the Georgia His- 
torical Society, Savannah, October 9th, 1872 (88). 
