VI ADVERTISEMENT. 



3. Each collaborator to bo furnished with the journals and publications, 

 domestic and foreign, necessary to the compilation of his report; to be paid a 

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



4. The reports to be published in separate parts, so that persons interested 

 in a particular branch can procure the parts relating to it without purchasing 

 the whole. 



5. These reports may be presented to Congress for partial distribution, the 

 remaining copies to be given to literary and scientific, institutions and sold to 

 individuals for a moderate price. 



The following arc some of the subjects n-J/icli -HKII/ he rn/hrnceil in tl/c rrjiortx: 



I. PHYSICAL CLASS. 



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

 orology. 



2. Natural history, including botany, /oology, geology, etc. 



3. Agriculture. 



4. Application of science to arts. 



II. MORAL AND POLITICAL CLASS. 



5. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology, antiqui- 

 ties, etc. 



6. Statistics and political economy. 



7. Mental and moral philosophy. 



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



III. LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS. 



9. Modern literature. 



10. The fine arts, and their application to the useful arts. 



11. Bibliography. 



] 2. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals. 



II. To DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed to publish occasionally separate treatises 



on Hidijecfx of (/I'tirral intercut. 



1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs translated 

 from foreign languages, or of articles prepared under the direction of the Insti- 



