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CONTENTS.

SELECTIONS.

Page.

1.—Peruvian Bark-tree and its introduction into India. 208

2.—Supposed Aërolite in a tree. 242

3.—On the Results of the Excavations in Assyria and Babylonia. 251

4.—Flora Indica of Hooker and Thompson. 254


SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

1.—Earthquakes at Travancore. 109

2.—Discovery of a pot of Gold Coins, in the District of Madura. 114

5.—The Storm of the 20th November, 1856. 115

4.—Effects of the Storm of the 20th November 1856, at the Agri-Horticultural Society's Gardens, Madras. 123

5.—Mines of Antimony in the Punjab. 254

6.—Observations on the Graphite or Plumbago of Kumaon and Travancore. 257

7.—Coal boring at Kotah. 261

8.—Meteorological Curves. 267

9.—New Species of Silk Worm. 268


NOTICES OF BOOKS.

1.—Oriental Literature. 269

2.—Natural History. 274


PROCEEDINGS.

1. Proceedings of the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society, October 9th, 1856 116

2. Do. Do. November 13th, 1856 117

3. Do. Do. December 11th, 1856 121

4. Do. Do. January 8th, 1857 277

5. Do, Do. February 12th, 1857 279

6. Do. Do. March 12th, 1857 283

7. Annual General Meeting of the Madras Literary Society. 281


METEOROLOGY.

1. Meteorological Observations for Aug., Sept. and October 1856. 127

2. MeteorologicalDo. ObservationsDo. for Dec. 1856, Jan. and Feb. 1857. 287