44 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Under the State Department: 



The northwestern boundary survey, Archibald Campbell, commis- 

 sioner. 



Under the War Department: 



Explorations in Utah, by Captain J. H. Simpson, U. S. A. 



Explorations of the head waters of the Missouri and Yellowstone, 

 by Captain W. F. Raynolds, U. S. A. 



The Wagon Road Expedition from Walla-Walla to Fort Benton, 

 Lieutenant John Mullan, U. S. A. 



Exploration of San Juan and Upper Colorado, by Capt. J. N. Ma- 

 comb, U. S. Top. Engs. 



Observations for determining the rise and fall of the lake surface, 

 by Capt. A. W. Whipple, U. S. Top. Engs. 



Survey of the northern and northwestern lakes,, by Capt. G. G. 

 Meade, U. S. Top. Engs. 



State of Texas. Geological survey of the State, B. F. Shumard, 

 State geologist. 



In addition to the regular observations, the following were re- 

 ceived by the Institution during the year 1859: 



From Dr. S. P. Hildreth, Marietta, Ohio, observations for forty- 

 two years, from 1818 to 1859. inclusive, on the barometer, thermom- 

 eter, and amount of rain, with remarks on the weather. 



From Professor A. Caswell, Brown University, Providence, Rhode 

 Island, observations for twenty-eight years, from 1832 to 1859 inclusive, 

 on barometer, thermometer, winds, rain, and remarks on the weather. 



From Dr. Nathan D. Smith, near Washington, Arkansas, observa- 

 tions for twenty years, from 1840 to 1859, inclusive, on thermometer, 

 rain, and remarks on the weather. 



From Hiram A. Cutting, Lunenburg, Vermont, abstracts of ther- 

 mometer observations, from 1848 to 185S, inclusive. 



From Henry Connelly, Rigolet, Esquimaux bay, Labrador, observa- 

 tions on barometer and thermometer, from November, 1857, to May, 

 1859, inclusive. 



From Abram Van Doren, Falmouth, Virginia, psychrometrical ob- 

 servations at Mount Langton, Bermuda, from November, 1847, to 

 May, 1848, and from November, 1848, to March, 1850, inclusive. 



From Dr. John F. Posey, Savannah, Georgia, hourly barometrical 

 and thermometrical observations during half the day for about ten 

 days in each month, from May, 1858, to September, 1859, inclusive. 



