276 PROCEEDINGS OF [1843. 



he could conveniently forward to eight Swiss Societies, enrolled in 

 the list of correspondents of the Institute, letters, &ic., from the lat- 

 ter, and complying with the request. 



From P. A. Browne, Philadelphia, November 20, 1842 : Respect- 

 ing Mr. Spencer's circular, &lc. 



From P. S. Duponceau, Philadelphia, November, 1842: Respect- 

 ing Mr. Spencer's circular, k.c. 



From the same, December 8, 1842: Same subject. 



From Rev, John G. Morris, D. D., (to Col. Totten,) Baltimore, 

 December 8, IS42: Forwarding manuscript descriptive catalogue of 

 insects referred to in another letter, for publication in next bulletin. 



From Thomas M. Mutter, M. D., Philadelphia, December 9, 1842. 



From Theodore F. Moss, Engineer of Mines, Philadelphia, De- 

 cember 10, 1842: Asking how he is to forward a work on the Bute 

 docks given him by Capt. Smyth, Royal Navy, for the Institute, 

 &;c. 



From Col. John H. Wheeler, Lincoln County, North Carolina, 

 November 16, 1842: Presenting, through the Rev. Mr. Brown, a 

 box of gold and silver ores from North Carolina, and a report made 

 to the Secretary of the Treasury respecting the gold mines of North 

 Carolina, 



From Charles Cramer, Secretary of the Imperial Mineralogical 

 Society, St. Petersburg, September 25, 1842 : Acknowledging mem- 

 bership; referring to former transmissions of books, Stc, from himself 

 and the Mineralogical Society ; stating that the Mineralogical Society 

 will be happy to correspond with the Institute ; asks for duplicates 

 of the bulletins, the originals having never been received ; sends two 

 volumes of the Society's transactions, in Russian, as a curiosity. 



From J. F. Callan, Washington, December 8, 1842: Presenting 

 seeds of the Sylphinus gummifera, said to be identical with the polar 

 plant; the seed from Mississippi, and grown in Georgia. 



It was announced that eight Swiss Scientific Societies had been 

 enrolled in the list of correspondents of the Institute since the last 

 meeting, to which the Corresponding Secretary had addressed letters, 

 accompanied by the publications of the Institute, under the order, and 

 official sanction and signature, of the President of the Institute. 



Stated Meeting, January 9, 1843. 



Dr. J. H. Causten, Jr., Librarian, made the following report, from 

 the Historical Department : 



The undersigned has the lionor to make tlie following report, as to the condi- 

 tian of the library of the National Institute. 



The whole number of books and pamphlets belonging to, and deposited iu the 

 library, amouDlu to 1940, viz, : 



Volumes, 004 

 PamphlelB, 1036 



1940 



