276 proceedings oe [ 1843 . 
he could conveniently forward to eight Swiss Societies, enrolled in 
the list of correspondents of the Institute, letters, &c., from the lat¬ 
ter, and complying with the request. 
From P. A. Browne, Philadelphia, November 20,1842: Respect- 
ing Mr. Spencer’s circular, &c. 
From P. S. Du ponceau, Philadelphia, November, 1842: Respect¬ 
ing Mr. Spencer’s circular, &c. 
From the same, December 8, 1842: Same subject. 
From Rev. John G. Morris, D. D., (to Col. Totten,) Baltimore, 
December 8, 1842: Forwarding manuscript descriptive catalogue of 
insects referred to in another letter, for publication in next bulletin. 
From Thomas M. Mutter, M. D., Philadelphia, December 9,1842. 
From Theodore F. Moss, Engineer of Mines, Philadelphia, De¬ 
cember 10, 1842: Asking how he is to forward a work on the Bute 
.docks given him by Capt. Smyth, Royal Navy, for the Institute, 
.&c. 
From Col. John H. Wheeler, Lincoln County, North Carolina, 
November 16, 1842: Presenting, through the Rev. Mr. Brown, a 
box of gold and silver ores from North Carolina, and a report made 
to the Secretary of the Treasury respecting the gold mines of North 
Carolina. 
From Charles Cramer, Secretary of the Imperial Mineralogical 
Society, St. Petersburg, September 25, 1842 : Acknowledging mem¬ 
bership; referring to former transmissions of books, &c., from himself 
and the Mineralogical Society ; stating that the Mineralogical Society 
will be happy to correspond with the Institute; asks for duplicates 
of the bulletins, the originals having never been received; sends two 
volumes of the Society’s transactions, in Russian, as a curiosity. 
From J. F. Callan, Washington, December 8, 1842: Presenting 
seeds of the Sylphinus gummifera, said to be identical with the polar 
plant; the seed from Mississippi, and grown in Georgia. 
It was announced that eight Swiss Scientific Societies had been 
enrolled in the list of correspondents of the Institute since the last 
meeting, to which the Corresponding Secretary had addressed letters, 
accompanied by the publications of the Institute, under the order, and 
official sanction and signature, of the President of the Institute. 
Stated Meeting , January 9, 1843. 
Dr. J. H. Causten, Jr., Librarian, made the following report, from 
the Historical Department: 
The undersigned has the honor to make the following report, as to the condi¬ 
tion of the library of the National Institute. 
The whole number of books and pamphlets belonging to, and deposited in the 
library, amounts to 1940, viz : 
Volumes, 904 
Pamphlets, 1036 
-—1940 
