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From Charles Hale, United States Consul General. 



Alexandria, Egypt, November 1, 1864. 

 Sir : I have the honor to enclose for the Smithsonian Institution a map, pre- 

 pared by the Venetian voyager Miani, in which his explorations upon the river 

 Nile are contrasted with those of the English travellers Speke and Grant. The 

 object of Dr. Miani in requesting that his map (which is accompanied by a 

 printed explanation) should be communicated to some of the learned societies 

 in America is sufficiently explained in his communication to me, of which I 

 enclose a copy. Should you be able to respond in any way to the wishes of 

 Dr. Miani, it will give me pleasure to make any communication to him which 

 you may address to me for that purpose, through the Department of State at 

 Washington. 



[This subject was referred to the American Geographical and Statistical 

 Society.] 



From R. Brough Smyth, Secretary for Mines. 



Mining Department, 



Melbourne, January 25, 1865. 

 Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th 

 November, 1864, and I am directed by the honorable the minister of mines to 

 forward to you, in accordance with your request, a complete set of papers, maps, 

 and plans, &c, as noted on the margin, relating to mining in Victoria, which 

 have been published by this department; and I am to state that Mr. Sullivan 

 will be glad to receive in return the annual reports, geological reports, and other 

 books, &c, which you offer to forward, and which, on receipt, will be bound and 

 placed in the library of this department. Parcels intended for transmission to 

 this department may be sent, as may be most convenient, either to Messrs. J. M. 

 Mackay & Co., Leadenhall street, London, or to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright & Co., 

 Liverpool, addressed to the honorable the Minister of mines, Melbourne, Vic- 

 toria, Australia. 



From General James H. Carleton, U. S. A. 



Headquarters Department of New Mexico, 



Santa Fe, N. M., August 23, 1865. 



My Dear Sir : Last week I received from Surgeon B. J. D. Irwin, U. S. 

 army, the enclosed pamphlet in relation to two aerolites which were found near 

 Tucson, Arizona, one of which you have in the Smithsonian, and the other I 

 had the honor to present to the city of San Francisco. 



In speaking of these aerolites to his excellency Henry Connolly, governor 

 of New Mexico, he informed me that he knows of one far surpassing, in point of 

 size, either of these. As the one he speaks of is probably larger than any one 

 now to be found in any cabinet in the world, I should like very much for the 

 United States to secure possession of it. 



In regard to the place where it may be found ; the following are the governor's 

 words : 



"In the State of Chihuahua, and at the hacienda of Don Juan Nepumocena 

 Urquida, say one hundred and eighty miles south of the city of Chihuahua, and 

 directly on the road from that city to Mexico, and directly among the bouses 

 of the above-named hacienda, on the left-hand side of the road going to the 



