VI ADVERTISEMENT. 



The followbiii arc some of the subjects wJi'uli man ^"' embrareiJ in fJn- reports: 



I. PHYSICAL CLASS. 



1. Physics, including- iistrononiy, natm-nl ])]iil()sophy, cheniistn-, and 

 meteorology. 



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



3. Agriculture. 



4. Application of science to arts. 



IL MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 



5. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, antiq- 

 uities, etc. 



(). Statistics and political economy. 



7. Mental and moral })hilosophy. 



8. A survey of the political events of the world; penal reform, etc. 



III. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



9. Modern literature. 



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



11. Bibliography. 



P2. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



II. To DIFFUSE Knowledge. — It is proposed to pulAish occasionnUy separate 



treatises on siihjects of (/eneral interest. 



1. Tliese treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs translated 

 from foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the direction of the 

 Institution, or ))rocnred by offering premiums for the best exposition of a 

 given subj(M-t. 



2. The treatises to Ite submitted to a connnission of couipeteiit judges previous 

 to their publication. 



