PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION. y 



branch to which the memoir pertains ; and to be accepted for publica- 

 tion only in case the report of this commission is favorable. 



5. The commission to be chosen by the ofiBcers of the Institution, and 

 the name of the author, as far as practicable, concealed, unless a favor- 

 able decision is made. 



6. The volumes of the memoirs to be exchanged for the transactions 

 of literary and scientific societies, and copies to be given to all the col- 

 leges and principal libraries in this country. One part of the remain- 

 ing copies may be offered for sale, and the other carefully preserved, to 

 form complete sets of the work, to supply the demand from new insti- 

 tutions. 



7. An abstract, or popular account, of the contents of these memoirs 

 to be given to the public through the annual report of the Kegents to 

 Congress. 



II. By appropriating a part of the income, annually, to special objects of 

 research, under the direction of suitable persons. 



1. The objects and the amount appropriated, to be recommended by 

 counsellors of the Institution. 



2. Appropriations in different years to different objects ; so that in 

 course of time each branch of knowledge may receive a share. 



3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published, 

 with the memoirs before mentioned, in the volumes of the Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge. 



4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be made. 



(1.) System of extended meteorological observations for solving the 

 problem of 'American storms. 



(2.) Explorations in descriptive natural history, and geological, mag- 

 netical, and topographical surveys, to collect materials for the formation 

 of a physical atlas of the United States. 



(3.) Solution of experimental problems, such as a new determination 

 of the weight of the earth, of the velocity of electricity, and of light ; 

 chemical analyses of soils and plants; collection and publication of 

 scientific facts accumulated in the offices of government. 



(4.) Institution of statistical inquiries with reference to physical, 

 moral, and political subjects. 



(5.) Historical researches, and accurate surveys of places celebrated in 

 American history. 



(G.) 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. 



