152 BOARD OF REGENTS. 



It affords me great pleasure now to inform you' that, according to a letter of the 

 president of the Lloyd, dated the 5th instant, and just received, the said Bremen 

 Steamship Company have resolved, henceforth, and until further notice, to forward 

 by their steamers all the packages of books and specimens of natural history which 

 the Smithsonian Institution may be pleased to send to Germany, or which may be 

 sent from Germany to the Smithsonian Institution, free of charges between New York 

 and Brcmerhaven. 



I beg leave to add that Messrs. Gelpcke, Keutgen and Eeichelt, 84 Broadway, New 

 York, are the agents of the North German Lloyd at that place, and that the next 

 Bremen steamer sailing for Europe will leave New York on the 19th of February 

 next. 



I avail myself of this occasion to offer you renewed assurances of my high consid- 

 eration. 



E. SCHLEIDEN, 

 Minister Resident of Bremen. 



Professor Joseph Henry, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



On motion of Mr. Mason, the following resolution was adopted 

 by the Board : 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be returned to his excellency, B. Schleiden, 

 minister resident of Bremen, for his intervention with the " North German Lloyd of 

 Bremen" to facilitate and advance the cause of science by transporting, free of 

 charge, &c, packages of books, and specimens of natural history, from Germany to 

 the Smithsonian Institution, and from the institution to Germany, and the like thanks 

 to the president and directors of the North German Lloyd of Bremen, for their gen- 

 erous liberality in the instance above referred to. 



The Secretary stated that thanks were due to several companies 

 for their liberality to Lieutenant Gilliss, who had visited South 

 America, in September last, to make observations of the eclipse, 

 under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. 



On motion of Mr. Mason, the following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Eegents are hereby given to the British 

 Pacific Steamship Navigation Company ; the United States Mail Steamship Com- 

 pany ; the Pacific Mail Steamship Company ; and the Panama Eailroad Company, 

 for their generous aid in the cause of science, by transporting, free of charge, with 

 other facilities extended to Lieutenant Gilliss, U. S. N., in his late expedition to Peru, 

 under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, to observe in that country the 

 total solar eclipse of September 7th, 1858. 



Communications were read from Rev. F. Vinton, of Brooklyn, 

 relative to the Wynn estate, of which he is one of the two execu- 

 tors; from Hon. J. II. Hammond, and J. R. Lambdin, Esq., relative 

 to procuring copies of celebrated works of art in Europe. 



On motion of Mr. Douglas, the following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That the sum of two thousand dollars be appropriated, to be expended at 

 the discretion of the Executive Committee, for procuring castings or moulds for cast- 

 ings of the chef d'ceuvres of art in Europe. 



A communication from Professor S. F. Baird, asking an increase 

 of salary, was read, and referred to the Executive Committee. 



A communication from Professor S. F. B. Morse, dated Paris, Octo- 

 ber 16, 1858, and a letter from Hon. Amos Kendall, were presented 

 to the Board, and both were referred to the Special Committee. 



