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3. Each collaborator to be furnished with the journals and publications, domestic 

 and foreign, necessary to the compilation of his report; to be paid a certain sura 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, for partial distribution, the 

 remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific institutions, and sold to indi- 

 viduals for a moderate price. 



The foUowlnrj are some of the subjects which maij he emhraced 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 arts. 



IL MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 



5. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, antiquities, &c. 

 G. 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. To DIFFUSE Knowledge. — It is proposed to puUish occasional??/ separate 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 direction of the Institution, or 

 procured by offering premiums for the best exposition of a given subject. 



2. The treatises to be submitted to a commission of competent judges, previous 

 to their publication. 



