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NEW PROSPECTUS

SOLE NTIFIC AM INtICAN
TO Mechanics, InUenors, and Manufacturers

s c FIC A INlICAN.
10 Mechanics, Inrentors, and Manufacturers
THE Publishers Of the Scientific american re-
J. spectfully give notice that the SIXTH VOLUME
OF this valuable journal, commenced on the Dist
OF September, offering valuable opportunity for
all to subscribe who take an interest in the pro-
gress and Development of the Mechanics Arts
and Manufactures of our country. The charac-
ter of the Scientific american is too well known
throughcat the country to require detailed ac-
count OF the various subjects discussed through its
columns.
II enjoys a more extensive and influential cir
culation than any other journal of its class in
America.
IL will be published weekly as heretofore, in
Quarfo Form, on fine paper, affording, at the end
Of the year, an ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLO-
PEDLa, of over FOUR HUNDRED PAGES,
with an Index, and from Five to Six Hundred
ORIGINAL ENGR4YLN'GS, described by letters
of reference; besides vast amount of practical
information concerning the progress of SCIEN.
TIFIC and ME CHaNICHL TMPROVE-
HE.NTS, CHEMISTRY, CIVIL ENGLpEER-
branches, .aRCHITECTURE, MASONRY, BOT.
.9NY,-in short, it embraces the entire ra,,e OF
the Arls and Sciences.
1t also possesses original feature not found in
any other weekly journal in the country. viz. an
Official List Of P.4TE.NT CLAIMS, prepared ex
pressly for its columns at the Patent Ofice,-th
constituting il the " AMERICAN EPERTORY
OF INVENTIONS. -
TERMs-s2 a-year 81 for six months
All letters must be post paid and directed to
MUM q CO.,
Publishers Of the Scientific American,
l25 Fulton street, New York
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WASHINGTON CITY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1851
Aw ANp AGENcY oFFIcE -rhe undtr

I AW AND AGENCY OFFICE. The under
/ signed, attorneys and Agents, practice Law
in the Supreme Court of the United States, and
the Courts OF the District of Columbia. and attend
promptly to claims against the United States, m
GLIDING the settlement of all accounts OF officers
and agents OF the Government, Bounty Lands,
Pensions, Return of Duties, Patents for new in
ventious, &c, &c.
They tender their services 70 members Of the
profession at u distance, and, when the case in
prepared by Ia. al agent, will abate one-half their
usual fee. All information relative to the forms
and usages of business in any of the Departments
will be Furnished 10 our regular correspondent,
without charge. They have made arrangements
for the payment OF axes, and for the sale or oca
ton OF bounty land warrants ON the best w estern
lands.
I5-Oflice on p, .nsylvania avenue, Lane q
fuckers Building
DUFF GREEN,
BEN. T.. GREEN,
klCH'D. III. CLARKE
Oct. l4--3taw3m.
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American statistics.

short time past we published sore statistics
relative to the number Of soldiers supplied from
the different States TO the revolutionary war. De
BOWS Commercial Review gives some tables re-
atve to this, and other subjects of equal interest,
which we copy.
|. The number of soldiers furnished by the
American States during the revolution, and the
population of each State in 1890 and IN lS47
2. Principal battles OF the revolution their sew
eral dates, commanders-in-chief, and losses on
each side.
g. Amount of continental money issued 10 sup
port the war, and the estimated cost in speci
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PREMIUM.

Any person sending three subscribers will be
entitled to copy of the History of Propellers
and Steam Navigation" republished in book form
nov in press, to be ready about the first OF Dc
tober. IL will be one of the most complete works
upon the subject ever issued and will contain
about ninety engravings.
Oct Oft
I IFE Observation-Disclosures Commercial
/ Life Insurance Company, established in 1920,
and empowered by act Of Parliament, for the In
suraace Of Lives and Survivorships, and the en-
dowment of Children, &c, &C., CAPITA l.
THREE MILLION DOLL8RSl
n5eOffice Sd story Colonization buildings,
neac Jackson Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, Wash
inton city, ID.
M THOMPSON, Agent
October 81 l850-dtf
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ID A l. Y

Sugar Plantations.
Manufacturers Of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbon.
and Rod Iron.
Wheel, Axle, and Spring Makers.
Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with the
Locomotive generally.
Engineers, aud Captains OF Steam Vessels.
Managers of Stationary Engines.
Lumber Dealers and owners of Saw Mills
Veneer Cutters.
Owners Of Planng Machinery.
Corn Miliers, and Persons connected with Boiling
and Rran-Separating Machinery.
Farmers.and Persons using Grain-Shelling and
Ilir shhg Machinery.
Bull Wor .o,s Carvers Engravers and Ornamen,
Makers in general
Persons employed in the Manufacture of Gas.
hlckers Of Copper and Lead Tubing.
Linen and Straw Paper Makers.
Ship Owners, Harbor Masters, and others inter
ested in Dredging Machinery.
Well Sinkcrs.
Astronomers, Philosophers, aud others using Phil
osopbical Apparatus and Instruments.
Miners Engineers and other interested in Pump
ing Engines
Persons Interested in Canals and Aqueducts.
Wnrehouscmen, and o,ncrs, using Hydraulic
Presses, Dynanomefric Cranes, Jack Screws,
Common and Feed Cranes.
Workers in Metals and Alloys.
i in Plate Workers
Spring Manufacturers.
Wheclwrghis, Clock Makers Horologists, &c.
The publishers have expended large sum OF
money to get original drawings OF machinery IN
practical use in this country, and have procured
almost every work on the subject, whether pno-
lished in England, France, or Germany, the most
essential parts of which being comprised In this
Dictionary, render it as periect and comprehen-
sive as possible. The publishers have endeavored
to use great economy in type, so that each page Of
the work contains at least four times The number
of words found in ordinary pages OF the same size
This has also secured to each plate worklns-draw-
ngs Of ample size and clearness, that Mechanic
may construct accurately any machine described
The publishers are, in short determined, regard
less of cost to make the work complete as pos
sible and il is hoped every one DESTROYS to obtain
the work will procure il issued in numbers, and
thus encourage the enterprise.
The work will be issued 10 semi-monthly num-
bers, commencing in January, 1850, and VIII pro-
grcss with great regularity.
The whole work will be published in Az num-
bers at 25 cents per number, and completed with
in the current year, 1850 A liberal discount will
be made TO agents.
Any one renting the publishers $40 in advance
shall receive the work Though the post office free
of expense.
Notice 10 Proprietors Of Newspapers throughout The
United States and Canada.
Ii the foregoing advertisement is inserted five
times dur the year, and the paper containing II
sent TO us, copy Of tic work will be sent gratis
in payment.
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TO EDITORS OF NEWSPAPERS.

WE beg leave to call your attention to ad
w vertisement, and to the memorial annexed
and tender our services in the prosecution of any
claims for Bounty Lands or Pensions, which you
may send to us. We will allow you one half our
usual fee, which Is fire dollars for obtaining war
rant for 100 acres, and three dollars for a warrant
OF eighty acres or less, for publishing our adver-
tisement, and preparing and Forwarding the papers
TO us.
II you accept this proposal, please insert this
circular and our advertisement IN your paper,
with the following editorial notice:
"We call the attention OF our readers to the ad
vertisemert of Messrs. Duff Green, Ben. T.
Green, and Richard III. Clarke, Attorneys ana
Agents at Washington, ID. c., and would say
persons having claims for Bounty Lands or Pen
sions. that we have made arrangements for the
requisite forms, and that claimants calling at our
Office can have their papers properly prepared and
forwarded to these gentlemen at Washington,
who will properly attend TO them in their proper
Offices"
Please get each claimant to sign the memorial,
and forward il to your member OF Congress
Please send us a copy OF your paper containing
our card which VII notify us that you accept our
nropostion. DUFF GREEN,
BEN. L. GREEN,
RiCH'D III. CLARKE
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TIE BRITISH PERIODICALS, AND THE
FARMERS GUIDE

I EONARD SCOTT & Co., No. 54 Gold sire 1
IL .Ntto York, continue TO publish the four lead
ing British Quarterly Reviews and Black wood
Magazine; in addition to which they have recent
ly commenced the publication of valuable Agri-
cultural work, called the
I" FARMER's GuIDE TO ScrENrrr,c AND PnAcrIcAI
AcnICULTURE,"
By HENRY STEPHENS, +. II. s., of Edinburgh au.
thor of the "Book Of the Farm, &C., &C. assisted
by JOHN I. NoRroH, IA, New Haven, Professor
OF Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, &C., &c
Tim highly valuable work will comprise two
large royal octave volumes, containing over | 400
pages, with IL or go splendid steel engravngs
and more than GOO engravings on wood, in the
highest style of the art illustrating almost every
implement of husbandry now in use by the best
farmers, the best methods of ploughng, planting,
hayIng, harvesting, &C., &C., the various domes-
tic animals IN their highest perfection; in short,
the pictorial feature of the book is unique, and
will render 1t of incaculable value to the student
of agriculture.
The work is being published in semi monthly
numbers OF 64 pages each, exclusive Of the Steel
engravings, and is sold 25 cents EACH or IS for
the entire work in numbers, Of which there will be
at least twenty-five.
The British Periodicals re-published are as fol-
lows, viz:
The LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW CONSERVATIVE,
The EDINBURGH REVIEW (Whig),
The NORTH BRirIsH REVIEW Gree church,,
The WEsrMNsTER REVIEW (Lberal)
AND
BLAcKwooD's EDrNBURGH MAGAZINE (Tory).
Although these works are distinguished by the
political shades above indicated, yet but small
portion of their contents is devoted political sub
jects. 1t is their literary character which gives
them their chief value, and in that they stand con
fessedly far above all other journals ofther class
Blackwood, still under the mastery guidance OF
Christopher North, maintains its ancient celebrity
and Isl at this time, unusually attractive, from tn,
serial works Of Bulwer and other literary notabes
written for that magazine, and first appearing il
its columns both IN Great Britain and in the Unite,
States. Such works as "The Caxtons" and "M
New Novel" doth by Bulwer,) "My Peninsula
Medal, "The Green Hand" and other serials
Of which numerous rival editions are issued by tn,
leading publishers in this country, have to be re
printed by those publishers from the pages O.
Bnckwood, after ii has been issued by .Messrs Scot
& Co., that subscribers to the reprint of that
Magazine may always rely on having the earliest
reading of these fascinating tales.
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VHvHE Subscriber returns his thanks to the
u public and the old customers of SimNs e. Sow
and informs them that TIL T. GROCERY AND
WINE BUSINESS heretofore carried on by them,
is continued by EpwARp S'mMs he has addea
full and fresh supply Of the finest TEAS, BLACK
AND GREEN, FRESH GROCERIES, DC. and
has also on hand full assortment of the hnext
WINE, and will be sold at tho lowest rates,
amongst which will be found 100 baskets Of che
choicest brands Of Champagne, Hook, and C.sret
Wines, of the pursss kinds.
EDWARD SlMMSj
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MEMORIAL.

To the Senate aud House Of Representatives offhs
United States in Congress assembled The memo
rial of the undersigned, respectfully represents that
thew are entitled to Bounty Land, under the act
of 18th of September, 1850, that they informed
and believe that the INDICATED warrants worth
more to them than the patented lands would be-
that they do not expect desire TO reside on the
land thus granted; that " patented to them, the
expense Of agencies and taxes will be an ANNUAL
charge, reducing the value Of the grant, which
they could avoid IL permitted to sell the warrant
Your memorialists further represent that the law,
by preventing the sale of the warrants, assume
that the officers and volunteers entitled to bounty
lands, are not competent to act for themselves,
whereas many of them are among the most intel
ligen and respectable citizens of the States They
therefore respectfully ask that the act aforesaid
may be so modified as to make the warrants for
bounty lands assiguoble, and they viii ever
pray, &c.
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II Il X M S.

For Farmer s Guide Complete IN % Nos.) 500
Payments to be made in all cases in Adva,sse.)
CLUBBING.
A discount of twenty-five per cent from the above
prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or
more copies of any one or more Of the above
works. Thus: 4 copies of Blackwood or of one
Review will be sent 10 address for 50 4 copies
of the four Reviews and Blackwood for $50 and
so on.
20 Orders from Clubs must be sent direct 10 the
publishers, as no discount from these prices be
allowed to Agents.
Money, curre,t in the States where issued, vii
be received at par.
UPRemittances and communications should be
always addressed, postpaid or ranked, to the
Publishers.
LEONARD SCOTT e. co,
10 FuLToN STREET, New York,
Entrance 81 Gold st
Neutrality-suspicious. received in Washington by
Frank Taylor, Taylor & Maurey, and w. Adam,
Booksellers.
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DRESS COMBS.--We are just opening AZ
other aud prettier assortment Of those hand
some Rope and Chain pattern Shell and BufFnio
Dress Tuck Combs; prices from So 500 eacn
Also, 200 different patterns Spanish Dress Fan;
Laces from rs cents TO $40 each.
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Inducements for Clubbing.

Any person who will send us four subscribers
for six months, at regular rates, shall be en-
titled to copy for the same length of time or
we will furnish
10 copies for s mos, - IS copies for ~ mos. 500
10 do - Is 20 do 10 4" %
Southern and Western money taken at par for
subscriptions; or Post Office Stamps taken at
their full value
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October 81, lS50-dtf

\LTILL be opened at Mrs. S. Parker's, on Sat
w urday, 23d inst, at 10 o'clock A. M, in the
new store under the National Hotel. rich assert.
ment OF Winter Millinery, consisting Of Hats,
Caps, Head-Dresses, Feathers, Florences, Rib
bons, &C. &c. PARkER'S
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rHIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION

nx..~,ard state Agricultural society.
4 PPEAI. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MARYLAND
N STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,"" ',' ona
that YOU should bear in mind, that on tue ~o.,,
oath, and 25th days OF OCTOBER your SUI. ~. H..
hold its annual Exhibition aud Far al "e cry
Baltimore and we appeal to you, one anu a,'' -
bring for exhibition thereat portions OF your s,oc"'
the products of pour orchards, and Of your gardens
Don't presume that any animal, or prouso'' yoa
NAV own is inferior to others thai WIN NC "e'e,
and be thus desrred from bringing 'ne, ns anw
only bv comparison that the relative merits Vi a'y
hing can be determined. The safer presonpuou
for You to arrive at, will be that what you nave
X Al GOOD If not better than that OF others' ana
that it behooves you to CALAMITY enter ',e 10 ~
competition if defeated honoraoiy' anu .ne me-
character of the judges is guarantees tT1 en you
Fan be defeated in no other way, you VIII enyoy
he luxury Of knowing that others were '"ofe '"-
Jed to success than yourself
And while we address you to bring such artcie'
as are properly in your department. we crave pc
mission to solicit your interest, 10 inuooe wv
,gives and daughters to bring whatever aPPetl"inS
to their peculiar departments, as e"ofo'aery No''
Ali rnrufactres The proa.tts Of the dairy and Of
he pouitrv vurd, preserves, domestic mines covee
tions, and, above all things, 10 come Men'seipes as
,o.thowf ,rors,, and the beautiful celebrations y "e'
a ste and genius, no display can DC ps'geci'
To the Manufacturers Of agricultural implements
sad Tools, we would say, that interest ana Palli-
otism both combine TO enJoin upon you VIC Pr
priety of making grand exhibition OF your ma
chinery of all kinds, from our present aaslc
we are led to believe that the assemolage OF iarn
ers and planters, and of distinguished s'rangers
from most OF the States of the Union, WIZ De
greater than upon any former occasion mere 81
Elsewhere. We therefore say to the .fg'1cnhura
Implement makers and Mechanics Of The Unted Slates'
make il a matter of pride to display your machi-
nery at our exhibition and vie with each olher IN
having the best and largest assortment on 'ne
ground. Such ambition is iaudaoe-is ~ W. -
American genius. and should be cherished by the
American heart.
Is- Editors with whom we exchange VIII con-
er favor by copying this notice.
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BEEBE's NEW YORK nATs!.r

CTEVENS, No. ], Bro,on's Hotel has Just re-
- ceIved Il further and full supply Of Beebe 3
Hats Also, complete assortment of his own
make, OF every quality and style. Gentlemen
wishing Hats of fancy shapes can have their or
ders filled at
STEVENS great Hat, Cap, and
Gents Quitting Establishment, No. Browns
Hotel.
NOV. 30-6tif Qntel. Repub. Union.)
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE or
SOUTH CAROLINA.
rT,HE Annual COURSE OF LECTURES IN tsIs
institution will commence on the hrst .nondas
in November next, on the following oranches'
Anatomy by J. Holhrook, M. ID. n
ry Dickson, NJ. ID.
Surgery, by F.. Geddngs, M d.
Physiology, by James Mouitr:e, M ".
Matcria Medica, by Henry II. Frost, M. -
Obstetrics, by Thos G.. Prio,sau, "a ~
Chemistry, by G. U. Shepard, NJ. ID.
Demonstrator Of Ans,cmy, ST. Julian Ravenel,
NJ. ID. =.
DIR. y. J. Cain, Physician to the Marine Hon
initial and Clinical Instructor. Lectures twice
week on the Diseases OF thut lnsutuuon.
DR.. T.. b. Flagg, Physician TO the Aims iiouse.
I,ectures twice week on Diseases.
Demons,rntive instruction IN Medicine and Sur
eerv at the College Hospital.
81 HENRY FROST, NJ. d., Dean.
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XITILLIAM TUCKER, MERCHANT TAILOR,
w (of the late firm of Lane e. Tucker,) would
call the attention Of his friends and the pubic gen
eray to his stock Of Goods now opening wh'ch
has been selected by himself from the largest I'M
porting houses in New York, and by far the great
eat variety and richest styles ever offered ~ inns
city. Strangers are respectfully and earnestly so
lcited to give me call and examine my stock pc
fore purchasing, as am confident 1t VIII be TO
their advantage
And would especially call the attention oil OF
6cers, both Of the army and the navy,t TO me iac'
tina, am prepared execute all kinds OF uniforms,
according r. the late regulations at me shortest
ro,,cs and at moderate prices. warranted, both IN
the cutting and making departments, equal 10 any
establishment in this country
w T. ssndess his sincere thanks to ms nu"ef
Gus friends for theirlong and continued patronage,
and hopes, by the same diligence ana a'eh"o" "
business. To merit continuance OF the same.
All orders promptly executed
sep 20--3tw3w--d&trw
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NVFfHyf ,b51rJJU IFFVF77o'
Average crop of the last seven years exceeds
that the prior 6l5,7l9 bales, and the crop OF me
las, Just double that OF the hrstand the crop OF
1859 was more than 1867 by Fifty per cent.
Average consumption in Great Britain OF Ameri-
can cotton the 6r.t years I,l53,2Io bales
The I'd period of years ,f4y'S9S bales
largest consumption, lsi', l,oco,ooo pn'es'
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VOL. Ill
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAM SH ii
CoAPANY-THROUG PASSAGE TO
CALIFORNIA.

COA1PANY-THROUGH PASSAGE TO
CALIFORNIA.
rI,HE public will be grali6ed to learn that the
| United States Mail Steamship Company areen-
nbled to announce that their arrangements are now
complete for sending passengers through from
New York to San Francisco and back.
In the first attempts of this Company to meet
the wants of travel to California, by providing
ships on the Pacific, in connection with their
ships from New York to Chagres, they were pre-
vailed upon at the urgent solicitation OF the great
number then deslrous TO go out, TO sell tickets for
through passages from Panama in advance, for
their ships then going round This was done
from desire to accommodate those who could
procure passages in no other quarter, and by
which, whatever might be the detention, they
would reach San Francisco sooner than by any
other line Unforeseen difficulties, and the prevn-
lence of fever at Rio de Janeiro al the time' pre-
vented their ships from reaching Panama as soon
~. n: sssa SS's as y IL ss' T.
nassenoers in going forward, against the advice
of the Company, at an earlier day than the ship
could possibly reach Panama
These interruptions are now all removed;
Three of the four ships OF the Company, intended
for the Pacific service, have arrived at Panama,
and several of them have performed trips to San
francisco and back. SO that the Company are
now able to give the public the assurance that the
vovsoe through from New York to San Fran
cisco w, be performed with regularity and des-
patch. o-r
Their Pacific Line, from Panama to San Fran
cisco, consists of the
REPUBLIC, Capt. HuDsoN.
ITHMUS, Capt HITcHcocK.
COLUMBUS, Capt. PEcx
ANTELOPE, Capt. AcKLEy.
Their Atlantic and Gulf Line, from New York
to Chagres, OF the
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Mrs. JANE TAYLOR

TTAS several vacant rooms for families, single
ladies, and gentleman. Ihs house Is large
pleasant. and airy. and situated in the best par
Of Washington, between a. and 9th streets,
Pennsylvania avnusl A first rate table is kept,
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TICE.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS having b

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS- having books
that belong to the Library cfthe House Of Repre-
sentatives are requested to return them this week
with their names upon them, 10 that their ac-
counts may be properly credited.
p. WILLIAMS, Lib, II K
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Tpr PAsr, THE PREsESr AND THE FgrURr--Of
the cotton trade, from the London Economist,
August "a, 1850. cit IS calculated that upwards
Of 1900 900 persons depend enureiy upon this
trade IN all it's branches" American cotton crop .
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FOX CALIFORNIA, via CHAGRES.
WITHOUT DETENTION 1T PANAMA


YSIiE United States Mail Steamship Companv
- VIII despatch the splendid double-enpine
steamship GEORGIA. on Wednesday, Dec. IL
at clock, p. M, from the pier, foot of Warren
street, North river, New York, with the Govern
ment mails and passengers for San Francisco
and intermediate porrs.
The connexion at Panama will be CAREFUL y
Kept up, and passengers for San Francisco ar,
guaranteed that they will not be delayed at Pana
ma beyond the usual stay in port.
The books are now open, and PASSAGE can b,
secured at the following rates
FROM .NEW YORK TO CHaGRES.
State-room berth SIOO
Standee berth, forward saloon 80
oteerage berth, found bed & separate table so
FROM PANAMA. TO SAN FRANCISCO.
S.a,e-room berth $500
Steerage berth, found bed & separate table $50
FROM NEW YORK.
~ -, Sfate-room. Standee Steerage
nc ro CHARLESTON or Savannah S25 500 SO
10 new Orleans rs 60 25