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The folhwh,!! urv some of tin- subjects which miji he enihracc(] in the reports: 



1. PHYSICAL CLASS. 



1. Physics, includiug- astronomy, natural philosophy, chcinistry, and 



uieteorology. 



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



y. Agri(Uiltun\ 



4. Application of science to arts. 



II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 



i). Ethnology, including particular history, coniparatiN c philology, antiq- 

 uities, etc. 



ij. Statistics and ])olitical econonij'. 



7. .Mental and moral philosophy. 



«. A survey of the political events ..f the world: penal reform, etc. 



111. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



;t. Modern literature. 



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



11. Hil)liograj)hy. 



12. (Jbituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



II. To un-irsi; Knowledgk. — It is pro]30sed to pidjlish occasionally separate 



treatises on subjects of general interest. 



1 . These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoii's translated 

 from foreign languages, or of articles j)repared under the direction of the 

 Institution, or ])rocnred l)y offering premiums for the best exposition of a 

 given subject. 



2. The treatises to be sulimitted to a conimi.ssion of competent judges previous 

 to tln-ir [)ublication. 



