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fully preserved, ami in order to enforce this upon himself and upon all the 

 assistants, he requested a specific resolution ot the Board with reference to 

 it; whereupon, on motion of Mr. Tottcn, i( \v;is 



Ke.solvrd, Tluit all cdiTcvspoiuloiicc relative to tlio luisinrst, ol tlie fiLstitutioii l)f can'i'ully 

 preserved in boniid volumes, and that all such corresiioudeiice he ojjeu at the call of the 

 Regents or of the Executive Committee through the secretary. 



The secretary brought before the Eoard the subject of copyright books. 

 He stated that the system adopted was defective that according to the 

 present arrangement, while all the most worthless publications were sent 

 and the Institution put to the expense of furnishing certificates ior those, 

 many of the best works published in the country were not deposited. He 

 further stated that Professor Jewett had proposed a plan for remedying the 

 evil, to which he would ask the attention of the Boarfl. 



On motion of Mr. Pearce, it was 



Resolved, That the subject of depositing copyright books in the Sniithsonian Institution 

 be referred to the committee tbrmerly apjiointed on that subject. 



On motion of Mr. Fitch, Mr. Meacham was appointed, in place of Hon. 

 .Jefferson Davis, on the conniiittee relative to copyiight books. 



The secretary brought before the Board the subject of additional com- 

 pensation to Dr. .J. G Fliigel, of Leipsic. He stated that this gentleman 

 had acted as the agent of the Institution for all the libraries and learned 

 institutioris of central and northern Europe, and that about two luuidred 

 letters and copies of letters had been received from him. 



On motion of Mr. Pearce, it was 



Rfsolved, That one huiidrcd and fifty dollars be added to the sum allov.cd to Dr. Fliigc-i 

 for the present year. 



The secretary placed before the Board a letter from Lieutenant Colonel 

 Edward Sabine, \i. A., Corresponding St-cretary Royal Society of London, 

 of which the following is a copy : 



Royal Society's Apartments, Somkrskt Jloi sk, 



l.ONDON, March 19, 1852. 



My Dkar Sik : I duly eonimunicated to the Karl of Hosse, President of the Royal Societ}-' 

 your letter to lue on the subject of llie interchange of scientific pid>lications between the 

 United States and this country, and the admission into England, duty free, of scientific 

 books and nuuiioirs presented to institulions or to individuals here, either by futhrough the 

 Snutlisonian Institution. I accompanied this comtinuiieaiion by a letter addressed to the 

 ])residerit, which you will read in the enclosed printed minutes of the council of the Royal 

 Society of .Tannary 15, 1852. The subject has since been brought by the Earl of Rosse 

 under the consideration of her Majesty's government, who have shown, as might be expect- 

 ed, much readiness to meet, in the same spirit, the liberal exam])le which has been set by the 

 United States, in cxeinpting from duty scientific booics sent as i)resents froni this country to 

 the SmilhsouKin Institution, and through that Institution to other institutions, and to indi- 

 viduals, cultivating science in the ll"uil(!d States. The mode which lias been suggested by 

 our Board of Customs, tor admitting duty free scientific jiublications designed for this 

 country, and wliich, we hojje, will receive the approval of the treasury, is, that a list should 

 be furnished by the Royal Society of the names of all institutions and individuals to whom 

 such works may b(! expected to he addressed, when the custom-house ollicers will have di- 

 rections to pass viithout duty all such publications, having the names of such institutions or 

 persons inscribed either on the cover or on the title i>age, which are sent to this country in 

 packages directed to the Royal Society — the list to be amendi-d or extended from time to 

 thr.e. The Royal Society will gladly take charge of and distribute niuler these regulations 

 the books which the Smithsonian Institution may send I'or institutions and individuals in this 

 country, receiving them from the ageiit in London appointed by the Smithsonian luslitution; 

 and I shall be obliged by your furnishing me, at your earliest convenience, with a list, as 

 complete as you may be able to make it, of the nanieaof the institutions and persons to whom 

 books or memoirs are likely to be sent. 



