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progress of the a of sciences ; and it is also hoped that this institu- 
tion may be the means of awaken ening to activity, _ Meee. on to its 
full development, that native talent in southern youth, which, when it 
now appears, too often relapses into inaction, for the want of a field for 
its exercis se. 
They are therefore making steady and large appropriations for the in- 
crease of the library, for additions to the — of philosophical and chem- 
ical nage aii for minerals, shells, &c., &c., all of which are _ ly giv- 
ing to the University the aspect of an institution of long sta 
The earnest desire of the Board is also to palbonds ‘ate a spirit of 
original investigation, by putting the means of researc 
eir officers, and it can hardly be doubted that when the —, 
shall have been carried out, which this enlightened policy ggested, 
(which will be within two or three ey caption begga si yo or iek 
versity, will place herself in a very honorable relation progress of 
intellectual improvement in the world. 
V. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 
856. 
forces which produce the various meteorological phenomena of California, 
are much less numerous than in the eastern part of the continent, and - 
on a much larger scale, and they are pr Sen more easily und nderstood. 
ly anticipated. 
Ist, the cold ocean current which rolls along the coast from northwest t to 
southeast; 2d, the direction of the winds ; 3d, that property — 
which its capacity for con —- moisture is increased with the : vation 
of its temperature. The ocean current will no doubt as thoroughly exam- 
ined in the course of the Coast ‘Butte ey. Dr. i. *8bbons, of San Francisco, 
ascertained at one time its temperature to be 54 Fahrenheit. 
Now, during the months, as soon as the rays of the 
warmed the a over the land, it the colder and 
heavier air rushes in under it from the ocean, producin 
through the air, and compelling peo to put on over-coais and kindle 
cold ai arenes oinieas ae by the land, of course its capacity for 
holding and instead of there being any tendency to 
