Linnaeus thanks the Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences [Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, i.e., Pehr WilhelmWargentin] for the French transactions [Linnaeus refers to Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences année [...] : avec les Mémoires de Mathématique & de Physique, pour la même année [...]].
On the other hand, he does not care for the essays on “hat manufacturing” and “thatching”.
He will gladly accept the astronomical calender.
How much do the French Mémoires cost a year?
Nothing has been heard from the Russian Academy [Imperatorskaja akademija nauk, Imperial Academy of Sciences] since Gerhard Friedrich Müller left Petersburg.