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6. The volumes of the memoirs to be<exchanged for the 

 transactions of literary and scientific societies, and copies to 

 be given to all the colleges and principal libraries in this 

 country. One part of the remaining copies may be offered 

 for sale, and the other carefully preserved, to form complete 

 sets of the work, to supply the demand from new institutions. 



7. An abstract, or popular account of the contents of these 

 memoirs to be given to the public through the annual report 

 of the Regents to Congress. 



II. By appropriating a part of the income annually to special 

 objects of research. 



1. The objects and the amount appropriated to be recom- 

 mended by counsellors of the Institution. 



2. Appropriations in different years to different objects; 

 so that in course of time each branch of knowledge may 

 receive a share. 



3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be 

 published, with the memoirs before mentioned, in the vol- 

 umes of the " Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge." 



4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be 

 made: (a.) System of extended meteorological observations 

 for solving the problem of American storms. (6.) Explora- 

 tions in descriptive natural history, and geological, magnet- 

 ical, and topographical surveys, to collect materials for the 

 formation of a Physical Atlas of the United States, (c.) 

 Solution of experimental problems, such as a new determina- 

 tion 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 accumulated in the ofiices 

 of Government, {d) Institution of statistical inquiries with 

 reference to physical, moral, and political subjects, (e.) His- 

 torical researches and accurate surveys of places celebrated 

 in American history, (f.) Ethnological researches, particu- 

 larly 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. 



