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reports may be published annually, others at longer intervals, as the 

 income of the Institution, or the changes in the branches of knowledge, 

 may indicate. 



2. The reports are to be prepared by collaborators eminent in the 

 different branches of knowledge. 



3. Each collaborator to be furnished with the journals and publica- 

 tions, domestic and fcn-eign, necessary to the compilation of 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 procure the parts relating to it, 

 without purchasing the whole. 



5. These reports may be presented to Congress, lor partial distribu- 

 tion ; the remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific institu- 

 tions, and sold to individuals for a moderate price. 



The folloivmg are some of the subjects which may he embraced in the rejwrts: 



I. PHYSICAL CLASS. 



1. Phj^sics, including astronomy, natural philosophy, chemistry, and 

 meteorology. 



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



3. Agriculture. 



4. Application of science to arts. 



II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 



5. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, 

 antiquities, &c. 



6. Statistics and political economy. 



7. Mental and moral philosophy. 



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



III. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



9. Modern literature. 



10. The fine arts, and their application to the useful arts. 



11. Bibliography. 



12. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



II. Bij the jmblicatio?i of scjxirate treatises on subjects of general interest. 



1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs 

 translated from foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the di- 

 rection of the Institution, or procured by offering premiums fertile best 

 exposition of a given subject. 



2. The treatises should in all cases be submitted to a commission of 

 competent judges previous to their pubhcation. 



3. As examples of these treatises, expositions may be obtained of the 

 present state of the several branches of knowledge mentioned in the 

 table of reports. Also of the following subjects, suggested by the Com- 



