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Batavian Society, at Rotterdam, August 29th (XIV.,1i1., 87) ; 
the Holland Society, at Harlem (86), requesting a supply of 
deficient parts; the R. Library, at the Hague, July 24th 
(XIV., iii., 87); and the Rhode Island Historical Society, 
Providence, November 19th (88). 
On motion, the request of the Holland Society, at Harlem, 
was referred to the Publication Committee, with power to 
act. A 
Letters of envoy were received from the University of 
Lund, August Ist; the Physical Society of Berlin, Septem- 
ber Ist ; the Royal Academy, at Amsterdam, September 15th ; 
the Batavian Society,at Harlem ; and the Holland Society, at 
Harlem, December 28th, 1871, and June Ist, 1872. 
Donations for the Library were reported from the Im- 
perial and Royal Academies at St. Petersburg, Turin, and 
Amsterdam; the Societies at Moscow, Bremen, Bonn, Har- 
lem, the Hague, Leeds, Quebec, and Salem; the Geological 
Institute at Vienna; the Physical Society and German Geo- 
logical Society at Berlin; Dr. C. F. Naumann at Leipsic; the 
Astronomical Observatory at Turin; the Revue Politique; 
London Nature; Lund University; M. L. de Koninck at 
Liége; the Royal Astronomical Society ; Old and New; Amer- 
ican Journal of Science; the American Oriental Society ; the 
Cornell Era; the Franklin Institute; the Medical News; 
and the Philosophical Society of Washington. 
The death of Mrs. Mary Somerville, a member of this So- 
ciety, aged 92, was announced by the Secretary. 
A letter was read by the Secretary from Mr. Gabb, dated 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., De- 
cember 8d, giving additional imformation respecting the 
date of the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama, in a note 
to be added to his memoir on the Geology of Santo Do- 
mingo. 
The Annual Report of the Treasurer was read. 
The Annual Report of the Publication Committee was 
read. 
Pending nominations, Nos. 703 to 710, and new nomina- 
tions, Nos. 711, 712, were read. 
