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expedition, projected on a scale of 1 to 170,000; a third gives the 

 Iso-magnetic lines in the vicinity of Smith's strait, and three other 

 plates illustrate the series of tides at Port Foulke. 



The second work published during the year is "Results of Me- 

 teorological Observations made at Brunswick, Maine, between 1807 

 and 1859. by Parker Cleaveland, L.L.D., Professor in Bowdoin 

 College," Another quarto work in press, and nearly ready for dis- 

 tribution, is entitled: " Results of Meteorological Observations made 

 at Marietta, Ohio, between 1826 and 1859, inclusive, by S. P. Hil- 

 dreth, M. D. ; to which are added, results of observations at Ma- 

 rietta, by Mr. Joseph Wood, between 1817 and 1823," which have 

 been reduced and discussed at the expense of the Institution, by 

 Charles A. Schott. For an account of these works see the part of 

 this report relative to meteorology. 



Additional copies of the following works have been printed during 

 the year from the stereotj'pe plates: Draper's Telescope ; Whittle- 

 sey's Drift; Meek' s Check list of Fossils ; Catalogue of Birds; Chi- 

 nook Jargon ; List of Coleoptera ; Review of American Birds ; List of 

 Publications ; List of Foreign Correspondents. - - ^ 



The following are the rules of distribution of the Smithsonian pub- 

 lications: 



1. They are presented to all learned societies of the first class 

 which publish transactions, and give copies of these, in exchange, to 

 the Institution. 



2. To all foreign libraries, of the first class, provided they give in 

 exchange their catalogues and other publications, or an equivalent, 

 from their duplicate volumes. 



3. To permanently endowed colleges in actual operation in this 

 country^ provided they furnish in return meteorological observations, 

 catalogues of their libraries and of their students, and all other pub- 

 lications issued by them relative to their organization and history. 



4. To all States and Territories, provided they give in return 

 copies of all documents published under their authority. 



5. To all incorporated public libraries in this country, not included 

 in any of the foregoing classes, now containing 10,000 volumes, and 

 to smaller libraries where a whole State or large district would be 

 otherwise unsupplied. 



Institutions devoted exclusively to the promotion of particular 

 branches of knowledge receive such articles published by the Insti- 

 tution as relate to their objects. Portions of the series are also given 

 to institutions of lower grade not entitled under the above rules to 



