ADVERTISEMENT. V 



of soils and plants ; collection and publication of scientific facts, accumulated in the 

 offices of Government. 



(4) Institution of statistical inquiries with reference to physical, moral, and 

 political subjects. 



(5) Historical researches and accurate surve)'s of places celebrated in Ameri- 

 can history. 



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

 of men in North America; also explorations and accurate sui'veys of the mounds 

 and other I'emains of the ancient people of our country. 



I. To DIFFUSE Knowledge. — It is proposed to jyMish a series of reports, giving an 

 accoiint of tlie new discoveries in science, and of the changes made from year 

 to year in all brandies of hnowledge not strictly professional. 



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

 vals, as the income of the Institution or the changes in the branches of knowledge 

 may indicate. 



2. The repoi'ts 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 comi)ilation of his report : to be paid a 

 certain sum for his labors, and to be named on the title-page of the I'eport. 



4. The reports to be pui)lislied in separate parts, so that persons interested in a 

 particular branch can pi'ocure the parts relating to it without pui'chasing the whole. 



5. These reports may be jJresented 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. 



Tlie folknoiny are some of tlie siiljjects which may he embraced in the reports : 



I. PHYSICAL CLASS. 



1. Physics, including astronomy, natural philosophy, chemistry, and meteor- 

 ology. 



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



3. Agriculture. 



4. Application of science to arts, 



II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 



5. Ethnology,includingparticular history,comparativephilology,autiquities,etc. 



6. Statistics and political economy. 



7. Mental and moral philosophy. 



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



