yi ADVERTISEMENT. 



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 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 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 following are some of the subjects ivhlch may 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. 



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. 



III. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



9. Modern literature. 



10. The line arts, and their application to the useful arts. 



11. Bibliography. 



VI. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



n. To DiFTHSE Knowledge.-/. .•. proposed to puLUsh occasionally separate treatises 



on subjects of ijaieral interest. 



1. Thoso treatise, may occa>„o„aIly consist „f valuable memoirs translated from 



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