CONTENTS. IX 



Page 

 Mr. W. J. Crawfurd on the Geography of Borneo, superadding a Descrip- 

 tion of the Condition of the Island and of its chief Products, illustrated by 

 Historical References 88 



Dr. CuLLEN on a proposed Canal across the Isthmus of Darien 88 



Mr. Windsor Earl's Notes on Cambodia 88 



M. Antoine D'Abbadie's Synopsis of Seventy-two Languages of Abyssinia 

 and the adjacent Countries 88 



Baron Hartmann on an Oreographical Map of Finland 88 



M. Khanikoff's Letter to Mr. Stevens on his Ascent of Mount Ararat 88 



Dr. R. G. Latham on the Ethnological Position of the Brahui, and on the lan- 

 guages of the Paropamisus 89 



Lieut. Leicester on the Volcanic Group of Milo 89 



Rev. C. J. NicoLAY on the Systematic Classification of Water- Sheds and 

 Water-Basins 89 



Mr. W. D. Saull on the Ethnology and Archaeology of the Norse and Saxons, 

 in reference to Britain 90 



Sir R. Schomburgk's Ethnological Researches in Santo Domingo 90 



Capt. R. Strachey on the Geography of Kumdon and Garhwal in the Hima- 

 laya Mountains 92 



Mr. John Strachey on the Inhabitants of Kumaon and Garhwal 94 



M. Pierre de Tchihatcheff's Notice of Travels in Asia Minor 95 



Dr. T. R. Heywood Thomson's Observations on some Aboriginal Tiibes of 

 New Holland 95 



Mr. Townsend's Notes on the Australians 95 



Mr. Asa Whitney on the best Means of realizing a Rapid Intercourse 

 between Europe and Asia 95 



Mr. Robert Young on the Inhabitants of Lower Bengal 95 



Capt. J. L. Stokes's Survey of the Southern Part of the Middle Island of New 

 Zealand Qf 



Mr. E. Thornton's Ascent of Orizaba in Mexico 98 



STATISTICS. 



Mr. H. S. Chapman on the Statistics of New Zealand 98 



Mr. T. Corle on the Mortality in different Sections of the Metropolis in 1849 99 



Dr. Cuthbert Finch on the Vital Statistics of the Armies in the East India 

 Company's Service 99 



Mr. Joseph Fletcher's Statistics of the Attendance in Schools for Children 

 of the Poorer Classes ; 99 



Prof. W. Neilson Hancock on the Prospects of the Beet-Sugar Manufacture 

 in the United Kingdom lOI 



■ • on the Duties of the Public in respect to Chari- 

 table Savings-Banks 108 



. Should Boards of Guardians endeavour to make 



Pauper Labour self-supporting, or should they investigate the Causes of 

 Pauperism? 104 



Investigation into the Question — Is there really 



a want of Capital in Ireland? 100 



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