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ADVERTISEMENT. 



TH E following are the rules adopted for the govern- 

 ment of committees in the choice of papers for 

 publication. 



First, " That the grounds of the Committee's choice 

 " of papers for the prefs, fliould always be the impor- 

 " tance or fmgularity of the fubjedts, or the advantageous 

 " manner of treating them, without pretending to an- 

 " fwer, or to make the fociety anfwerable, for the cer- 

 " tainty of the fads, or propriety of the reafonings, 

 " contained in the ieveral papers fo publifhed, which 

 " muft ftill reft on the credit or judgment of their refpec- 

 " tive authors. 



Secondly, " That neither the Society, nor the 

 " Committee of the prefs, do ever give their opinion as 

 " a body, upon any paper they may publifh, or upon 

 " any lubjed of Art or Nature that comes before 

 " them." 



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