y[ A 1) V K R T 1 S E M E N 'I'. 



;{. Each collaborator lo be I'uriiishcd with the journals and publications, domestic 

 and foreign, necessary to the compilation oi" his report ; to be paid a certain sum 

 for his labors, and to be named on the title-page of the report. 



4. The reports to be published in separate parts, so that persons interested in a 

 particular branch, can j)rocure the parts relating to it without purchasing the 

 whole. 



5. These reports may be presented to Congress, for parti;il distribution, the 

 remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific institutions, and sold to indi- 

 viduals for a moderate |)rice. 



The following are some of the subjects ivhich iikiji he embraced in the rcjiorls : 



I. I'ilVSlCAL CLASS. 



i. Physics, including astronomy, natural philosophy, chemistry, and meteorology. 



2. Natural history, including botany, zoology, geology, &ic. 



3. Agriculture. 



4. Application of science to arts. 



11. MORAL AND I'OLITIC'AL CLASS. 



•^. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, antiquities, «kc. 

 (). Statistics and political economy. 



7. Mental and moral philosophy. 



8. A survey of the political events of the world ; penal reform, &c. 



lU. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



9. Modern literature. 



l(t. The tine arts, and their application to the useful arts. 

 I I. Bibliography. 

 12. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



11. To nimi.SE KNOWLEDGE. — // is proposed lo pubUsh occasioiia/li/ scpanitc treatises 



on subjects oj' general interest. 



1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs translated from 

 foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the direction of the Institution, or 

 procured by otiering premiums for the best e.xposition of a given subject. 



'I. The treatises to be submitted to a commission of competent judges, previous 

 to their i»ui)hcation. 



