10 PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION. 



the reports may be ])iiblislicd 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 publi- 

 cations, 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 published in separate parts, so that persons 

 interePted in a particular branch can procure the parts relating to it 

 without purchasing the whole. 



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

 bution, the remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific 

 institutions, and sold to individuals for a moderate price. 



The following are some of the subjects which may be embraced in 

 the reports : 



I. PHYSICAL CLASS. 



1. Physics, including astronomy, natural philosophy, chemistry, 

 and meteorology. 



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



3. Agriculture. 



4. Application of science to art. 



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. 



IIL 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. — By the publication of separate treatises on subjects of general irderest. 



1. These treatises ma}' occasionally consist of valuable memoirs 

 translated irom foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the 

 direction of the Institution, or procured by offering premiums 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. Ah examples of these treatises, expositions may be obtained of 

 the present state of the several branches of knowledge mentioned in 

 the table of reports. 



