380 PROCEEDINGS OF [1845. 



From Joliii R. Peters, Canton, Cliina, September 18, 1844 : 

 Expressing regret that the American mission was not able to visit 

 the interior of China ; gunpowder, the magnetic needle, printing, the 

 art of making porcelain, &c., Sic, due to the Chinese, fiic. 



From Baron de Reiffenberg, Secretary Royal Commission of His- 

 tory, &:c., &c., &c., Brussels, September 20, 1844: Presenting a 

 continuation of the Chronique Beige, and expressing a wish to be- 

 come a member of the National Institute. 



From Professor Pietro Parodi, Milan, September 29, 1844: On 

 the scientific meetings of Italians, &ic. 



From Boyd Reilly, M. D., Constantinople, October 16, 1844: 

 Forwarding various presents to the Institute, fcc. 



From ]\1. Giuseppe Canale, Sic, &c., Genoa, October 18, 1844: 

 Acknowledging membership, with thanks, and will present soon to 

 the Institute, a copy of his civil, commercial, and literary history of 

 the Genoese, as soon as it shall be completed. 



From C. Edwards Lester, U. S. Consul, Genoa, October 22, 

 1844: Acknowledging and transmitting letters and various papers 

 presented to the late meeting of Savans, at Genoa, a full copy of 

 which he will forward soon. 



From Commodore John B. Nicholson, U. S. Navy, November 8, 

 1844: Presenting model of a Grecian temple, &c. 



From Petty Vaughan, London, November 19, 1844: Enclosing 

 bill of lading for a case of books, containing certain volumes of trans- 

 actions of the Society of Arts. 



From A. Vattemare, Paris, November 12, 15, 20, 1844: On a 

 variety of subjects connected with the Institute, Sic. 



From G. R. Barry, U. S. Navy, Rio Janeiro, November 20, 

 1844: Sending a bos containing a present for the Institute. 



From C. Edwards Lester, U. S. Consul, Genoa, November 26, 

 1844: Transmitting a communication from Professor Parodi, &ic. 



From P. Vaughan, London, December 3, 1844. 



From R. h H. Haight, New York, December 4, 1844: Present- 

 ing a valuable worl^ in the name of R. K. Haight. 



From A. Vattemare, Paris, 1844. 



From D. Groux, New York, December 13, 1844: Announcing 

 his arrival in New York, and renewing the offers formerly made by 

 him through the American Consul at Marseilles, to transfer his nu- 

 mismatic cabinet to the Institute, &;c. 



From J. C. Brent, Washington, December 18, 1844. 



From Joseph Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina, December 

 21, 1844: Has prepared a biography of Capt. J. Blakely, L'nited 

 States Navy, for the institute, k,c. 



F^om A. Vattemare, Paris, December 26, 1844: Slating that he 

 has forwarded, via Havre, a large box, containing eighty-six volumes, 

 and thirty-one medals, presented by eminent men in France, and will 

 forward by next packet the Journal des Savans, and other works ; has 



