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Resolved, That the Committee on Exchanges be appointed by 

 the Chair. 



And the following persons were appointed accordingly : Mr. Mar- 

 koe, Col. J. J. Abert, and Mr. Dayton. 



On motion of the Hon. J. Q. Adams, it was 



Resolved, That the standing committees be re-appointed at the 

 annual election. 



The Hon. J. Q. Adams presented to the Institute, in the name 

 of Dr. J. G. Fiiigelj U. S. Consul, Leipsic, an allegorical napkin of 

 double damask silk, manufactured by Ernest Schiffner, of New 

 Schonder, in Saxony, accompanied by a description of the allegories, 

 and specimens of silk stuffs manufactured at Annaberg, in Saxony, 

 of silk produced in the cocooneries at Leipsic and Dresden. 



The Hon. John Q. Adams offered the following resolution, which 

 was adopted : 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Chair, 

 to examine and report upon the specimens of silk presented to the 

 Institute this evening by Mr. Adams, in the name of Dr. J. G. Flii- 

 gel, U. S. Consul at Leipsic; and the allegorical napkin, accompanied 

 by a description, presented by the same in the name of Ernest Schiff- 

 ner, of New Schonder, in Saxony, and Dr. J. G. Fliigel. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Institute be presented to Dr. 

 Fliigel, and to Mr. Schiffner, for these donations. 



And Mr. Adams, Mr. H. L. Ellsworth, and Mr. Fitzgerald, were 

 appointed. 



Stated Meeting, May S, 1843. 

 The following contributions and deposites were announced: 



For the Cabinet. 



Charred Wheat, taken on the banks of the Hudson, in the town of 

 Red-Hook, from the ruins of a grain store, burned by the Bri- 

 tish in the Revolutionary War, when they ascended that river and 

 burned Kingston. — From Robert Benner, Red-HooJc. 



Specimens of Belemnites, from Winchester, North Carolina. — From 

 Thaddeus D. Love. 



An Indian Stone Axe. — From E. W. Hansell. 



One Cream Nut Pod ; one specimen of Palmapedia cheraria ; one 

 head of Lagostomus tridactylus ; three specimens of Muscicapa 

 savanna; Seeds, &c., from Buenos Ay res ; one Fish Skin, from 

 the Rio de la Plata ; Ibis falcinellus, from Rio de la Plata ; Fulica, 

 from Rio de la Plata ; Strix cunicularia, from Buenos Ayres; Ty- 

 rannus sulphuratus, from Buenos Ayres; Turdus, from Buenos Ay- 

 res ) Sturnus, from Buenos Ayres ; Muscicapa, from Buenos Ayres ; 



