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From Prof. McCulloh, Baltimore : Enclosing a letter from M. 

 Berzelius, fcc. 



From H. W. Ellsworth, U. S. Charge d' Affaires, Sweden: Suggest- 

 ing exchanges of scienti6c works, &c., between the National Institute 

 and the Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockhohn, and other Swe- 

 dish societies, &,c. 



*From A. Vattemare, Paris: Transmitting a descriptive cata- 

 logue of books, engravings, statues, medals, maps, &ic., presented by 

 ministerial departments, societies, and eminent persons in France, 

 placed in charge of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, U. S. Senator from 

 Maryland. 



*Frofn Dr. J. Johnson: On oceanic currents, &c. 



From C. W. Dabney, late U. S. consul Fayal : Staling thai he 

 is engaged in collecting a complete suite of the mineralogical and 

 geological specimens of the Azores, for the Institute. 



From Lieut. D. Ruggles, U. S. Army, Corpus Christi : Stating 

 that before he was ordered to Texas he had forwarded to the Insti- 

 tute specimens of copper, &,c., from Michigan, he. 



*From Charles Saxton : Describing various specimens, minerals, 

 fossils, and objects collected by him in Oregon, &,c. 



From F. Morand, (for F. J. Grund,) U. S. Consulate, Antwerp, 

 August 12, J 846: Announcing that M. Quetelet, Perpetual Secre- 

 tary of the Academy of Sciences, at Brussels, had placed in his 

 hands various publications of the Academy, for the National Institute. 



From S. J. Thomas, Naval Store-keeper, Boston, October 8, 

 1846: Apprising Secretary that eleven boxes of objects of natural 

 history, collected during the late cruise of the Frignte Constitution, 

 Captain Percival, for the National Institute, were in store, and would 

 be promptly shipped to Washington. 



Frorn John Appleton, Chief Clerk, Navy Department, Washing- 

 ton, October 12, 1846: Mentioning the arrival of the boxes by the 

 Constitution, and stating that the report of J. C. Reinhart, who 

 went out in the frigate, as naturalist, would be communicated to the 

 Institute, with a list of boxes, &.c. 



Many letters, and communications, on a great diversity of topics, 

 acknowledging letters, and membership, and the publications of the 

 Institute with thanks; applauding and encouraging its objects, offer- 

 ing exchauL^es, presents, and a variety of suggestions, have been re- 

 ceived, viz : 



From Don A. Ildefonso Gomez, Brazil. 

 Alexandre Vattemare, Paris. 

 Prof Parker Cleveland, Brunswick, Maine. 

 Erastus Smith, Hartford, Connecticut. 

 Michel Tenoie, Director, 8ic., Royal Botanical Garden at 



Naples. 

 B. B. Minor, Editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, 



Richmond, Va. 

 J. K. Kane, Philadelphia. 



