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Resolved, that the Report be adopted and its suggestions carried iuto 

 effect, with the exception of the part referring to the history of Hyder 

 Ali, reserved for further consideration. 



Read a note from Dr. Falconer, regarding a collection of shells pre- 

 sented to the Society by Mr. Cuming in 1843, and for which no return 

 had been made. At Dr. Falconer's desire the consideration of this letter 

 was remitted to the Council and the Section of Natural History. 



From Lieut. Grant, Adjt. 27th Regt. N. I. announcing the arrival of 

 a sculptured stone sent by Capt. Davidson, on the part of Dr. Spilsbury, 

 for the Museum of the Society. 



From F. Edward Hall, Esq. regarding Tarkiras of the Persian, 

 Hindi and Urdu poets, to which he is desirous of directing the atten- 

 tion of the Society. Referred for Report to the Oriental Section. 



The Secretary stated that the proposition made and seconded at the 

 last meeting for the election of Professor Henry of Princeton University 

 as an Honorary member of the Society having been considered by the 

 Council, he was directed to report it had been approved of and recom- 

 mended to the adoption of the Society. 



Dr. Falconer objected to the election as irregular, on the ground that 

 no detailed statement of Professor Henry's claims for this honor had 

 been submitted to the Society, and he proposed that the election be 

 postponed. 



Dr. Walker supported Dr. Falconer's proposition. 



The Secretary stated that Professor Henry was proposed for election 

 exactly in the same manner as all Honorary members had been 

 elected for eight years past. He had been proposed and seconded at 

 one meeting ; the proposition referred to the Council, who had direct- 

 ed the Secretary to communicate their approval of it to the Society, as 

 was now done ; no detailed statement of claims and scientific services 

 had ever been given or sought in previous instances. Dr. Henry's 

 discoveries and contributions to our knowledge of Electricity, Magnet- 

 ism, and Meteorology, were familiar to every one, and he hoped that 

 the meeting would not delay the election lest their doing so might be 

 deemed a slight to one of the most amiable and eminent philosophers 

 of the day. 



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