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ADVERTISEMENT. 



THE 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, fhould always be the import- 



" ance or fingularity of the fubjecls, or the advantageous 



" manner of treatmg them, without pretending to an- 



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



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



" contained in the feveral papers fo publiflied, which 



" muft flill 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 fubjed^ of Art or Nature that comes before 

 " them." 



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