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On motion, the Board then adjourned to meet on Saturday, Feb- 

 ruary 11, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



February 11, 1854. 

 A quorum not being present, the Board adjourned to meet on 

 Saturday, February 18, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



February 18, 1854. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution was held on Saturday, February 18, 1854, at 10 

 o'clock, a. m. 



Present, Messrs. Bache, English, Maury, Meacham, Pearce, 

 Taney, of the Board ; and the Secretary. 



The Chancellor took the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



A communication was read by the Secretary in reference to the 

 Wyiin estate ; which, on motion of Mr. Pearce, was referred to Mr. 

 Mason, to whom prior communications on the same subject had 

 been referred. 



A memorial was presented from Dr. S. Spooner, of New York, 

 offering to present to the institution the original copper-plates of 

 the Musee Francais and the Musee Royal, on condition that it 

 would publish under his superintendence an edition of these works. 



On motion of Mr. Pearce, the Secretary was directed, on the part 

 of the Institution, respectfully to decline the proposition of Dr. 

 Spooner, the Regents not considering themselves authorized to en- 

 gage iu such an enterprise. 



The Secretary stated to the Board that Professor Wilson, of the 

 English Commission to the Exhibition of the Industry of all Na- 

 tions at New York, had presented to the Smithsonian Institution a 

 set of models, casts, and drawings, to be used in teaching the arts 

 of design. 



The Secretary proposed to lend these to the Metropolitan Me- 

 chanic's Institute, of this city, for the use of its school of design ; 

 which proposition was agreed to by the Board. 



The Secretary read the correspondence between the Smithsonian 

 Institution and the California Academy of Natural Sciences, in 

 which the latter authorize the former to purchase a full set of me- 

 terological and magnetic instruments for the use of the society ; 

 the means of defraying the expense of the purchase having been 

 generously provided by its president, Dr. A. Randall. 



