VIII ADVKK'TISKMKNT. 



In accordance with the rules adopted in the programme of orirani/atiou, each 

 memoir has been favorably reported on by a commission appointed i'or its exam- 

 ination. It is, however, impossible in most eases to verity the statements of an 

 author; and therefore neither the commission nor the Institution can be respon- 

 sible for more than the 'ener;il character of a memoir. 



