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Academy  of  Natural  Sciences. — An  address,  emanating  from  a  large 
Committee  of  this  Society,  directed  to  all  public  spirited  citizens  who  feel 
an  interest  in  the  promotion  of  science  and  the  sustenance  of  this  useful 
Institution  and  its  valuable  collection  of  natural  objects,  has  been  received. 
The  object  of  the  appeal  is  to  raise  by  voluntary  contributions  the  sum  of 
$100,000,  for  the  purchase  of  a  lot  of  ground  and  the  erection  of  a  building 
to  accommodate  the  collection  now  existing,  with  ample  space  for  future 
additions.  The  present  building  is  much  too  small  to  admit  of  the  display 
of  the  specimens  belonging  to  the  Academy,  which  are  suffering  for  want 
of  the  necessary  accommodations.  The  address  sets  forth  the  reasons  why 
this  Institution  should  be  liberally  sustained  ;  what  it  has  done  and  is  doing 
towards  creating  a  taste  for  studies  in  Natural  History,  and  by  the  semi- 
weekly  gratuitous  exhibition  of  its  collection  ;  the  quiet  and  unseen  influ- 
ence which  its  exceedingly  valuable  scientific  library  of  30,000  volumes  is 
affording  to  the  scientifically  inclined  public,  as  any  person  introduced  by 
a  member  may  freely  consult  its  pages.  The  following  quotation  from  the 
address  will  explain  : 
"It  is  conjectured  that  not  less  than  $100,000  will  be  required  to  accom- 
plish the  object  in  view.  For  this  reason  the  payment  of  subscriptions  is 
made  contingent  on  the  whole  amount  being  subscribed  within  the  present 
year.  It  is  desirable,  however,  that  a  considerably  larger  sum  should  be 
at  the  service  of  the  Institution,  to  secure  sufficient  income  to  pay  skilled 
workmen  to  preserve  the  Museum,  the  contents  of  which  are  too  valuable 
and  too  extensive  to  be  confided  to  the  voluntary  labor  and  care  of  members. 
Even  if  the  growth  of  the  Academy  is  to  be  arrested  now,  as  it  will  be  if 
its  appeal  to  the  public  shall  fail,  a  considerable  increase  of  revenue  will 
be  necessary  to  preserve  it  even  in  its  present  condition. " 
The  Volume  of  Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation.— Attention  is  called  to  the  following  note  from  the  Chairman 
of  the  Executive  Committee  : 
"  Editor  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy , — 
"  The  Executive  Committee  respectfully  ask  you  to  call  the  attention  ofyour 
readers  to  the  Proceedings  now  issued,  and  especially  to  the  fact  that  com- 
plete sets  of  the  Proceedings  can  be  supplied,  for  the  first  time.  (For  terms 
see  Prefatory  Note.)  The  amount  of  valuable  information  is  so  great  that 
no  pharmaceutical  library  can  be  deemed  complete  without  them. 
For  the  Committee, 
Feb.  15,  1866.  Thos.  S.  Wiegand,  Chairman^ 
By  reference  to  the  Prefatory  Note  of  the  volume  for  1865,  just  issued, 
we  find  that  copies  of  the  Proceedings  of  1851  to  1856,  inclusive,  in  pam- 
phlet form,  can  be  had  for  25  cents  each  ;  that  for  1857,  bound,  70  cents  ; 
1858,  $1.50;  1859,  $1.50 ;  1860,  $1.00;  1862,  $1.25;  1863,  $1.25  ;  1864, 
$1.50  ;  1865,  $1.50.  The  Committee  say  that  the  eight  bound  volumes 
and  six  pamphlets  may  be  had  for  $11.00,  a  sum  within  the  reach  of  all 
