CORRESPONDENCE. — 1858. 
From Mr. Wm. "Wood, President of the Portland Natural History Society, dated 
8th March, giving an account of the present condition of the Society. 
Prom Dr. B. F. Shumard, dated St. Louis, March 16, announcing the Permian 
age of fossils collected by Dr. G. C. Shumard, in the white limestone of the 
Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. 
April <oth. From Joseph Johnson Brown, Esq., dated Philadelphia, 5th April, 
acknowledging his election as member, 
13^^. From Philip R. Uhler, Esq., dated Baltimore, 10th April, acknowledging 
his election as member. 
From Henry Hartshorne, M. D., Recorder of the Biological Department, an- 
nouncing its organization, and time of meeting. 
From W. H. Barris, dated Iowa City, Tth April, desiring certain papers on 
Palaeontology published by the Academy. 
I^th. From the Imp. Regio Istituto Lombardo, dated Milan, 13th October, 
1857; 
The Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, dated Copenhagen, 30th 
June, 1857; 
The Acad, des Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres of Dijon, dated 18th January, 
1857; 
The Konigl. Sachsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, dated Leipzic, 1st 
October, 1857; 
The Bureau of the Annales des Mines, dated Paris, 8th March, severally trans- 
mitting donations, and acknowledging receipt of pul)lication of the Academy. 
May Ath. From Col. J. D. Graham, U. S. A., dated Chicago, Illinois, 14th 
April ; 
The Acad. Royale des Sciences of Amsterdam, dated 15th August, 1857; 
The Societe d' histoire naturelle du Departement de la Moselle, dated Metz, 
4:th January ; 
The U. S. War Department, dated Washington, 28th April, severally trans- 
mitting donations ; 
From the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Dantzic, dated 1st July, 1857; 
The Acad. Roy. des Sciences of Amsterdam, dated l7th July, 1857; 
The Royal Society of Sciences of TJpsal, dated 11th October, 1857; 
The Zoological Society of London, dated 1st April, 1858, severally acknow- 
ledging receipt of publications of the Academy. 
nth. From David L. Huntingdon, M. D., dated Philadelphia, 10th May, ac- 
knowledging his election as member. 
From the Soc. Imp. d' Agriculture, d'Histoire naturelle et des Arts utiles of 
Lyons, dated 21st July, 1854; 
The Acad. Imp. des Sciences, Belles-lettes et Arts, of Lyons, dated 21st July, 
1854, each transmitting donations. 
From the Verein zur Beforderung des Gartenbaues, dated Berlin, 28th Sep- 
tember, 1857, transmitting donation, acknowledging receipt of publications of 
the Academy, and desiring missing numbers. 
From the Konigl. Norwegische Universitat of Christiania, dated 6th Novem- 
ber, 1857, transmitting a copy of the medal struck on the occasion of the 50th 
anniversary of the appointment of Dr. Christopher Hansteen as Professor. 
From the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Emden, dated 32d November, 1857; 
The Societe Linneenne de Normandie, dated Caen, 24th October, 1857; 
The American Antiquarian Society, dated Worcester, 19th April; 
The Boston Society of Natural History, dated 1st May ; 
The Free Public Library, Museum, and Gallery of Art of Liverpool, dated 
September, 1857; 
The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, dated 8th December, 1857, 
severally acknowledging the receipt of publications of the Academy. 
From I. I. Hayes, M. D. proposing further Arctic Exploration. 
