ADVERTISEMENT. 



II. To INCREASE KNOWLEDGE. It is (I/HO jiro/to^etl to a/>/>roj>ri<ife a portion of Hie 

 income <iiiiin<illy to xpeeial ohjeefx of n-seareli, under flic ilireetioit of suitable 

 persons, 



1. The objects and the anumnt appropriated to be recommended by coun- 

 selors 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 volumes of the Smithsonian Contributions to 

 Knowledge. 



4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be made 



(1) System of extended meteorological observations for solving the prob- 

 lem of American storms. 



(2) Explorations in descriptive natural history, and geological, mathemat- 

 ical, and topographical surveys to collect material for the formation of a physical 

 atlas of the United States. 



(3) Solution of experimental problems, such as a new determination of the 

 weight of the earth, of the velocity of electricity and of light, chemical analyses 

 of soils and plants, collection and publication of articles of science accumulated 

 in the offices of Government, 



(4) Institution of statistical inquiries with reference to physical, moral, and 

 political subjects. 



(5) Historical researches, and accurate surveys of places celebrated in 

 American history. 



(6) Ethnological researches, particularly 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. 



I. To DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed to publish a scries of reports giving 

 an (leeontit of the iieir r/ixcorcr/c* hi wiener and of tJie cliant/es made from year to 

 year in all branclio, of knowledge not strictly professional. 



1. Some of these reports may be published annually, others at longer 

 intervals, as the income of the Institution or the changes in the branches of 

 knowledge may indicate. 



2. The reports are to be prepared by collaborators eminent in the different 

 branches of knowledge. 



