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Among your former publications, besides tbose relating to linguistics and ethnology, 

 such as the grammar of the Dakota language, there are also memoirs relating to the 

 antiquities of different parts of America, viz : the researches of Squier and Davis on 

 the monuments of the Mississippi. I received from Mr. Squier himself his memoir 

 on the monuments of New York, (vol. II, art. 9 ;) and also have most of the writ- 

 ings of Squier, Pickering, and Morton, in separate publications ; but of your anti- 

 quarian publications I am still in want of the following : Vol. I ; vol. II, art. 2 ; III, 

 6, 7 ; VII, 5. I do not venture to designate other memoirs that would gratify my 

 general interest in American science ; yet I should be highly obliged if you would con- 

 tinue the transmission of your reports, and add those of the foregoing volumes which 

 you can most readily spare. 



Will you let me know whether you have already the first volume of my " Egyp- 

 tian Chronology ;" if not, I shall not fail to send a copy. 



I beg your pardon for this long letter, which I fear has taken too much of your 

 time, occupied by many other subjects. 



Accept the expression of the high consideration with which I am, sir, your most 

 obedient, 



E. LEPSIUS. 



Professor Joseph Henry, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Melbourne Botanic and Zoologic Garden, October 25, 1860. 



Honored and Dear Sir : I owe you my grateful acknowledgment of transmit- 

 ting to me, through the kindness of Hon. William Haines, the valuable reports of 

 the Smithsonian Institution for 1857 and 1858, and the celebrated work on the North 

 American algae, furnished by our common friend, Dr. Harvey. 



Whilst expressing my warmest thanks for having been deemed worthy, by your 

 noble institution, to share in the gifts which, by the world-famed liberality of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, the men of science so extensively enjoy, I beg to state that 

 it will be a source of pleasure to me to endeavor to reciprocate your friendly offers, 

 and that I hope, through Prof. Asa Gray, within a few months, to lay several recent 

 publications of mine, including the first volume of the "Plants of Victoria," before 

 your institution and other American scientific associations. 



If I can in any way serve the laudable purposes of your excellent institution, I 

 hope you will freely command my services. 



Mo3t regardfully, dear Professor Henry, yours, 



PEED. MUELLER. 



The Secretary gave an account of what had been done in rela- 

 tion to the distribution of duplicate specimens of natural history, 

 and read several letters acknowledging the receipt of the donations, 

 and expressing appreciation of the policy adopted by the institu- 

 tion. Among these was the following : 



University of Toronto, December 3, 1860. 



Dear Sir : In acknowledging the receipt of about two hundred species of shells 

 sent to the University Museum, through the liberality of the Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, I beg to express my very high appreciation of the disposition 

 manifested by the institution to make its superfluous stores available in the commu- 

 nication of knowledge in various places, and even beyond the limits of the United 

 States. The contribution now made is a very valuable addition to the museum of the 

 University of Toronto, even those species of which we have already specimens being 

 interesting from their authentic names and known habitats. * * We are deeply 

 obliged by the kindness manifested ; and if we find any way of reciprocating it, I shall 

 personally feel the greatest pleasure in promoting your views. 



Believe me to be, dear sir, very faithfully yours, 



WILLIAM HINCKS. 



The Secretary or the Smithsonian Institution. 



Copies of the several papers and miscellaneous articles published 

 by the institution, since the last annual session, were laid before 

 the Board. 



The fact was stated that the Potomac water had been brought 



