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I shall be only too glad to reciprocate your kindness to the best of my ability by 

 furthering the objects of the institution in any way that lies in my power. 

 I remain, my dear sir, very gratefully yours, 



CHAKLES J. BETHUNE. 

 Professor Joseph Henry, LL.D., 



Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, February 10, 1862. 



Dear Sir : I am in receipt of your favor granting me a suite of the duplicates of 

 the shells of the northwest coast of America in the hands of Mr. Carpenter. 



I had, a short time previous to the arrival of your letter, forwarded to the institu- 

 tion a package containing shells and rare crustacse, not included in my remittance to 

 you two or three years since. 



It is my intention to supply you a full suite of the mollusca of our islands, includ- 

 ing typical specimens of those described by myself, and also one to Mr. Cumings, of 

 London, whose collection I learn from Dr. Gray will be eventually added to the 

 British Museum. 



I venture to ask of you an addition to my library, of the Eeports of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution. I have purchased the "Contributions to Knowledge," but the 

 reports are not on our islands. One in particular I am wanting, which I learn con- 

 tains a catalogue of transactions or proceedings of scientific societies ; also a few 

 copies, say half a dozen of the check list of the shells of North America, published 

 by the institution. Should you be pleased to furnish me the above, be so good as to 

 forward them to Bailliere Bros., New York city, who send me a box of books every 

 few months. 



I have been attempting to invent a simple apparatus for the measurement of the 

 tides at our islands, but do not succeed very well. Natives cannot be depended on 

 for watching any such instrument. It should be self-registering. I am satisfied that 

 a register of winds should be kept in connection with it, and perhaps also a baromet- 

 rical one. If you take any interest in such researches I would be pleased to hear 

 from you in regard to them as to assistance or advice. 

 I remain yours truly, 



W. H. PEASE. 



Professor Joseph Henry, 



Smithsonian Institution. 



[Note. — Dr. Bache, of the Coast Survey, has lent Mr. Pease a tide gauge on the 

 responsibility of this institution.] 



Circular of the Institute or Kupert's Land, 



Assiniboia, February, 18G2. 

 We announce this institute to the public, knowing our many disadvantages, but 

 still with a lively hope that our labors will be rewarded with some good results. Our 

 numbers are small ; but we have among us many who will devote the greater part of 

 their time to collecting and observing, and these, with their admirable opportunities, 

 cannot fail to accomplish much good work. Already we have the nucleus of a 

 library. Specimens are coming in faster than we can take care of them. Necessa- 

 ries for collecting and observing are being distributed and communications have been 

 received. 



We will shortly be presented with £150, by the friends and admirers of Sir George 

 Simpson, for the purchase of a " Simpson " telescope, and £G0 from the friends of the 

 late much esteemed Dr. Bunn, for the purchase of achromatic microscopes. And 

 now, with this commencement, we feel the right, and do ask for countenance and as- 

 sistance from scientific men and societies in all countries, promising, in return, all 

 that energy and zeal can do in the cause of science. 



A prospectus accompanies this circular, giving all the necessary information, and 

 we would ask communications from all to whom those are sent, with any requests, 

 observations, or information by which we may benefit them, or they us. 



WILLIAM MACTAVISH, 

 JOHN SCHULTZ, 



Secretaries. 

 The Smithsonian Institution. 



