Stated Meeting, June 17

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The minutes of the officers and council at their meeting on the 13th inst. were read.

Judge Kane, on the part of Dr. E. K. Kane, communicated the thanks of the latter for the aid extended to him by the So- ciety, in relation to the expedition about to sail under his com- mand to the Arctic regions. The preparations having been nearly completed, the vessel will probably be at sea in the course of the next ten days.

Stated Mlleeting, June 17.

Present, twelve members.

Dr. DUNGLISON, Vice-President, in the Chair.

Dr. Robert M. Bird, a recently elected member, was intro- duced and took his seat.

Letters were read:- From the Secretary of l'Ecole des Mines, dated Paris, 4th

January, 1853, announcing the transmission of a donation for the Society's Library: and-

A circular letter, dated City Library, New 13edford, May 21, 1853, accompanying the first Annual Report of the Trus- tees of said Library, and expressing a desire to correspond with other literary and scientific institutions.

The following donations wvere announced:-

FOR TIHE LIBRARY.

Memorie dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Vol. II. Milano, l1S52. 4tO.-From the Royal Lombardy In- stitute of Sciences, Letters and Arts.

Giornale dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo, &c. Tomo VI. VII. VIII. Milano, 1846-1847. 8vo.-From the same.

Giornale dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo, &c. e Biblioteca Italiano. Nuova Serie. Fascicoli I.-XVII[. Milano, 1847-1852. 4to.- From the same.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XIII. No. 6. April 8, 1853. London. 8vo.-- rorn the Society.

The minutes of the officers and council at their meeting on the 13th inst. were read.

Judge Kane, on the part of Dr. E. K. Kane, communicated the thanks of the latter for the aid extended to him by the So- ciety, in relation to the expedition about to sail under his com- mand to the Arctic regions. The preparations having been nearly completed, the vessel will probably be at sea in the course of the next ten days.

Stated Mlleeting, June 17.

Present, twelve members.

Dr. DUNGLISON, Vice-President, in the Chair.

Dr. Robert M. Bird, a recently elected member, was intro- duced and took his seat.

Letters were read:- From the Secretary of l'Ecole des Mines, dated Paris, 4th

January, 1853, announcing the transmission of a donation for the Society's Library: and-

A circular letter, dated City Library, New 13edford, May 21, 1853, accompanying the first Annual Report of the Trus- tees of said Library, and expressing a desire to correspond with other literary and scientific institutions.

The following donations wvere announced:-

FOR TIHE LIBRARY.

Memorie dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Vol. II. Milano, l1S52. 4tO.-From the Royal Lombardy In- stitute of Sciences, Letters and Arts.

Giornale dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo, &c. Tomo VI. VII. VIII. Milano, 1846-1847. 8vo.-From the same.

Giornale dell' I. R. Instituto Lombardo, &c. e Biblioteca Italiano. Nuova Serie. Fascicoli I.-XVII[. Milano, 1847-1852. 4to.- From the same.

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. XIII. No. 6. April 8, 1853. London. 8vo.-- rorn the Society.



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Proceedingrs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Vol. VI. No. 8. Philadelphia. 8vo.-From the Academy.

Celebrationi by the Ilistorical Society o' lPennsylvania, of the 170thl Aniniversary of the Landing of Willinm Pennii:-Oration by lRo. bert T. Conrad, Esq., and Proccedinmzs at the Dinnier. Nov. 8S, 1852. Philadelphia. 8vo.-Fromi lie &wcicty.

Proceedings of' the Bostoni Society of Natuiral Hiistory: Marchi, April, 1853. Bposton. 8vo.-Fromn the Society.

Descriptions of New Species of Achatinella, fromn the Sanidwich Islands. By Dr. \V. Newcomrb, of IHonolulu, Cor. Mombil. N. Y. Lyc. Nat. Ilist. Maly, 1853. Svo..-Fr-omi the N. Y. Lyceum of Nat. History.

The African Repository: Vol. XXIX. No. 5. May, 1853. Washi. in(gton. Svo-Frroma the Amierican Colonization Society.

Annales des Mines: V. S'erie. Tome II. S' livr. de 1852. Paris. 8vo.-Fromi the Engineers of l'Bcole de8 Mlines..

Journal of the Franklin Institujte: 3d Series. V,ol. XXV. No. 6. June, 1852. Philadelphia. Svo.-From the Institute.

On the Electrotypinge Operations of the UJnited States Coast Survey. By George Mlathiot, Electrotypist. (Am. Jour. Sci. aiid A rts. Vol. XV. 1853). New 11aven. 8vo.-Fromi the UT. AN. Coast Suir. vey.

First Annual Report of the Truistees of the New Bedford City Libra. ry. New Bedford. 8vo.-From the Truistees.

I-Iistoria de -Nfejico, desde los primeros m-ovimientos quo prepararon su indepeendencia en el afto de 1808, hasta la epoca presente. Por Don Lucas Alaman. Parte Seguinda. TIomo V. Mexico, 18952. Svo.-From the Author.

The Slave TPrde, domestic and foreign): WVhy it exists and how it m-ay he extinguished. By H. C. Carey. Philadelphia, 1853. 8vo.-Fr-om the Author.

AMathem-tatics Simplified and mnade attractive; or the Laws of Motion explained :-..With a Port Folio ofrDiagrams. By 'rhotna Fisher. Philadelphia, 1853.-Fromt the Author.

The M-edical Examiner. Newv Series. 'Vol. IX. No. 6. Juine, 1853. Phiiladelphia. Svo.-From, Drs. Smith and Biddle, Editors.

The Medical News and Library. Vol. IX. No. 126. June, 1853. Philadelphia. 8vo-Frrow Blanchard 4' Lea.

Report of the Eastern Luniatic Asylumn in the City of Williamsburg, Virginia, 1852-3. Richmond. 8vo...-Fromn Dr. John Al. Gait.

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Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, for 1852. Philadelphia. 8vo.-From James J. Barclay, Esq.

Education: An Address delivered before the Linnean Association of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, April 18, 1853. By A. Webster, D.D., of Baltimore, Maryland. Gettysburg. 8vo.- From Prof. M. L. Stoever.

The Influence of the Bible on Literature: A Discourse delivered before the Bible Society of Pennsylvania College and Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, April 17, 1853. By J. A. Seiss, A.M., of Baltimore, Md. Gettysburg. 8vo.-From the same.

The Astronomical Journal: Vol. III. Nos. 58, 59. May 18, June 10, 1853. Cambridge. 4to.-From Dr. B. A. Gould,jr., Editor.

On motion of Mr. Trego, the City Library of New Bedford was ordered to be placed on the list of correspondents of this

Society. A list of the Special Committees of the Society which have

not yet made final reports was read over, and a number of said committees were, on motion, discharged;-to sundry others notice was directed to be given that reports from them are de- sired by the Society.

Dr. Ruschenberger was appointed in place of Dr. W. E.

Horner, deceased, to prepare an obituary notice of the late Dr. S. G. Morton.



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