VI ADVEKTISKMENT. 



3. Ki\c-li coll.tlxtriitor to l)o furnisliefl with the journals and pnhhcations, 

 domestic and t'oreign, necessarv to the compiLition of his rcpoi't; to ho ])aid a 

 certain sum lor his hd)ors, and to l)e named on tlic titlt'-pa|;e of the reijort. 



4. 'I'he repoi-ts to be p!d)Hshed in sepnrate pai-ts, so that ])ersons interested 

 in a particuhir l)rancli can jjrocure the iiarts rehiting to it witliout purcliasing 

 the wliole. 



5. Tliese rejjorts may he presented to Congress for partial distribution, the 

 remaininji' copies to be given to literary and scientihc institutions and sold to 

 iiuli\iduals for a moderate price. 



The followhiff are some of the subjects which mail lie emhriteeil in the reports: 



I. PHYSICAL CLASS. 



1. Phj^sics, including astronomy, natural ])hilosophy, chemistry, and mete- 

 orology. 



2. Natural history, including botany, zoology, geology, etc. 



3. Agriculture. 



4. Application of science to arts. 



IL MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 



5. Ethnology, including ])articular history, com])arative ])hilology, anti(jni- 

 ties, etc. 



6. Statistics and political economy. 



7. Mental and moral idiilosophy. 



8. A survey of the political events of tlie world, jjenal reform, etc. 



III. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



!). Modetn literatm-e. 



10. The hue arts, an<l their application to the useful arts. 



1 1 . l^ibliography. 



V2. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



II. To niFFUSE Knowledok. — It is proposed to puhlish oceasiondllji separate treatises 



on subjects of general interest. 



1. These treatises may occasionally consist of ya]ual)le memoirs translated 

 from fiireigu languages, or of articles prepared nn(h'r the direction of the Insti- 



