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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 prob 

 lem of American storms. 



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

 matical, and topographical surveys, to collet material 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, accu- 

 mulated 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. 



(6) Ethnological researches, particularly with reference to the different 

 races of men in North America; also explorations and accurate surveys of the 

 mounds and other remains of the ancient people of our country. 



I. To diffuse Knowledge. — It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving 

 an account of the new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from 

 year to gear in all brandies of knowledge not strictly professional. 



1. Some of these reports may be published annually, others at longer in- 

 tervals, 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 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 individuals for a moderate price. 



