10 PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION. 



(6.) Ethnological researches, particularly with reference to the differ- 

 ent races of men in North America ; also, explorations and accurate 

 surveys of the mounds and other remains of the ancient people of our 

 country. 



DETAILS OF THE PLAN FOR DEFFUSING KNOWLEDGE. 



I. By the jmhUcaiion of a series of reports, giving an account of the new 

 discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year to year in all 

 branches of hnowledge not strictly professiotial. 



1. These reports will diffuse a kind of knowledge generally interes^ 

 ing, but which, at present, is inaccessible to the public. Some of the 

 reports may be ijublished 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 dif- 

 ferent branches of knowledge, 



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

 tions, domestic and foreign, 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 i^ublished in separate parts, so that persons in- 

 terested in a particular branch can procure the parts relatiiig to it with- 

 out j)urchasing the whole. 



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

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

 tions, and sold to individuals for a moderate price. 



II. By the publication of separate treatises on subjects of general interest. 



1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs, 

 translated from foreign languages, or of articles i)repared under the 

 direction of the Institution, or procured by offering ijremiums for the 

 best exposition of a given subject. 



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

 competent judges, previous to their publication. 



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. 



SECTION II. 



Plan of organization in accordance with the terms of the resolution of the 

 Board of Regents providing for the two modes of increasing and diffusing 

 Jcnowledge. 



1. The act of Congress establishing the Institution contemplated the 

 formation of a library and a museum 5 and the Board of Eegents, in- 



