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and reliable person in his congressional district to take charge of the 

 observations in said district, and I'rom time to time report the same to 

 the secretary of our Board. 



" liesolved, That a committee of four be appointed by the president 

 to memorialize the legislature for an appropriation to aid in the pur- 

 chase of a set of meteorological instruments for each congressional dis- 

 trict in our State. 



^' Jtesolved, That be appointed actuaries, in behalf of 



this Board, to collect and prepare sj)ecimens of the natural history 

 and products of our State, and to co-operate with that department of 

 the Smithsonian Institution." 



The blank in. the last resolution was filled with the names of Eobt, 

 Kennicott, of Cook county ; Dr. J. Niglas, of Peoria county ; and 

 W. F. M. Arny, of McLean county. 



The Secretary also j^resented from the author a manuscript trans- 

 lation of a memoir on the origin of the human race, by Baron Muller, 

 of Marseilles, France. 



He also exhibited, a copy of the great work on Egypt by Lepsius, 

 presented to the library by the Prussian government ; a very expen- 

 sive and valuable work on Eussian antiquities, from the Imperial 

 Library at St. Petersburg ; a portfolio of colored engravings to illus- 

 trate the mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, from the Sultan ; and 

 other valuable donations and articles received in exchange. 



The Board then adjourned, to meet at the call of the Secretary, and 

 .§,fter wards visited the different parts of the building. 



