THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE. 
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From P. A. Browne, Philadelphia, September 23, 1843 j 
From Dr. Robert J. Graves, Dublin, Ireland, September 25, 
1843: Stating that he has sent to the Institute, by Dr. Sewall, a 
copy of his late work on clinical medicine. 
From C. Cushing, American Minister to China, Suez, September 
25,1843 : On the peculiar geology, mineralogy, and physical charac- 
ter of the Maltese Islands, &c. 
From David Rogers, U. S. Consul, St. Croix, September 25, 
1843. 
From B. Mayer, (to Mr. Upshur,) Baltimore, September 27, 
1843: Forwarding four boxes from Mexico, which he asks the Se¬ 
cretary of State to present to the Institute. 
From W. B. Hodgson, (of Savannah,) New York, September 
29, 1843: Enclosing a paper by himself on the ethnography of 
Central Africa, which he has printed, but will not circulate till it 
has been published by the Institute. 
From W. Byrd Powell, Little Rock, Arkansas, September 29, 
1843: Asking duplicate letter of appointment as a member of the 
Institute, the original having been lost; has a collection of bird-skins, 
quadrupeds, and geological specimens, for the Institute; also, a 
large fossil skeleton, weighing five hundred pounds, which he thinks 
is teleosaurus, and which he will perhaps send to the Institute, if 
expenses will be paid, &c. 
From T. A. Conrad, Philadelphia, September, 1843: Inquiring 
about the Florida shells collected by him, &c. 
From Chev. Lorenzo Blanco, (in Latin,) Naples, September, 
1843: Presenting his acknowledgments for the manner in which his 
former letters and presents were received, and sending others. 
From Francis B. Mayer, Baltimore, October 1, 1843: Presenting 
two packages continental money, &c. 
From Dr. W. Arnold, Kingston, Jamaica, October 2, 1843: 
Acknowledging his appointment as a member, and the bulletins, 
which he has read with pleasure; and will forward to the Institute, 
from time to time, collections in natural history, &c. 
From Robert M. Harrison, U. S. Consul, Kingston, Jamaica, Oc¬ 
tober 5, 1843. 
From P. A. Browne, Philadelphia, October 6, 1843: Asking for 
Mr. Nicollet’s report, &c. 
From John B. Murray, New York, October 6, 1843. 
From George Moore, U. S. Consul, Trieste, October 7, 1843’: 
Referring to a box of shells forwarded by him on a former occasion, 
and stating that Mr. Tommasini, an eminent botanist, had prepared a 
box of four or five hundred specimens, which he would send to the 
Institute, per ship Azelia, bound to New York. 
From Thomas Balch, New York, October 9,1843: Has received 
various documents, and will do all in his power to aid the Institute. 
From Rev. R. R. Gurley, New York, October 12, 1843: In- 
