  Removing the field redefinitions, the Bianchi identities and the total
derivative freedoms from the general form of the gauge invariant couplings at
order $\ell_p^6$ for the bosonic fields of M-theory, we have found that the
minimum number of independent couplings in the structures with even number of
the three-form, is 1062. We find that there are schemes in which there is no
coupling involving $R,\,R_{\mu\nu},\,\nabla_\mu F^{\mu\alpha\beta\gamma}$. In
these schemes, there are sub-schemes in which, except one coupling which has
the second derivative of $F^{(4)}$, the couplings can have no term with more
than two derivatives. We find some of the parameters by dimensionally reducing
the couplings on a circle and comparing them with the known couplings of the
one-loop effective action of type IIA superstring theory. In particular, we
find the coupling which has term with more than two derivatives is zero.
