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Resolved, That the Committee on Exchanges be appointed by 
the Chair. 
And the following persons were appointed accordingly: Mr. Mar- 
koe, Col. J. J. Abert, and Mr. Dayton. 
On motion of the Hon. J. Q. Adams, it was 
Resolved, That the standing committees be re-appointed at the 
annual election. 
The H on. J. Q. Adams presented to the Institute, in the name 
of Dr. J. G. Fliigel, U. S. Consul, Leipsic, an allegorical napkin of 
double damask silk, manufactured by Ernest Scbiffner, of New 
Schonder, in Saxony, accompanied by a description of the allegories, 
and specimens of silk stuffs manufactured at Annaberg, in Saxony, 
of silk produced in the cocooneries at Leipsic and Dresden. 
The Hon. John Q. Adams offered the following resolution, which 
was adopted : 
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the Chair, 
to examine and report upon the specimens of silk presented to the 
Institute this evening by Mr. Adams, in the name of Dr. J. G. Flu- 
gel, U. S. Consul at Leipsic; and the allegorical napkin, accompanied 
by a description, presented by the same in the name of Ernest Schifi¬ 
ner, of New Schonder, in Saxony, and Dr. J. G. Fliigel. 
Resolved, That the thanks of the Institute be presented to Dr. 
Fliigel, and to Mr. Scbiffner, for these donations. 
And Mr. Adams, Mr. H. L. Ellsworth, and Mr. Fitzgerald, were 
appointed. 
Stated Meeting, May S, 1843. 
The following contributions and deposites were announced: 
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For' the, Cabinet. 
Charred Wheat, taken on the banks of the Hudson, in the town of 
Red-Hook, from the ruins of a grain store, burned by the Bri¬ 
tish in the Revolutionary War, when they ascended that river and 
burned Kingston.— From Robert Benner, Red-Hook. 
Specimens of Beleinnites, from Winchester, North Carolina.— From 
Thaddeus D. LiGve. 
An Indian Stone Axe.—From FL W. Hansel!. 
One Cream Nut Pod; one specimen of Paimapedia cheraria ; one 
head of Lagostomus tridactylus; three specimens of Muscicapa 
savanna; Seeds, &c., from Buenos Ayres; one Fish Skin, from 
the Rio de la Plata ; Ibis falcinellus, from Rio de la Plata ; Fulica, 
from Rio de la Plata ; Strix cunicularia, from Buenos Ayres; Ty- 
rannus sulphuratus, from Buenos Ayres; Turdus, from Buenos Ay¬ 
res ; Sturnus, from Buenos Ayres; Muscicapa, from Buenos Ayres ; 
