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1. Notes on the\Duty of Government in Periods of Famine. By 

 John T. Thomas, Esq., Madras Civil Service. 2. Observations on 

 the Direction and Intensity of the Terrestrial Magnetic Force in 

 Southern India. By Thomas Glanville Taylor, and John Calde- 

 cott, Esqrs. 3. Investigation of the nature and optical efficiency of 

 the combinationof Mirrors used to augment the illuminating powers 

 of the Madras Light. By Captain J. F. Smith, Engineers, F.R.S. 



4. On the Crystalline Structure of Trap Dykes, in the Syenite 

 of Amboor. By R. B. Smith, Lieutenant, Madras Engineers. 



5. Notice ofBiver Dunes, on the banks of the Hogri and Peti- 

 naur. By Lieutenant Newbold, A.D.C. to Major-General 

 Wilson, C.B. 6. On the Table-land of CumbaHcum Droog. 

 Communicated by the IVIadras Government. 7. Pemarks on 

 Colonel Peid's Law of Storms. By T. G. Taylor, Esq. Honom-- 

 able Company's Astronomer. 8. Peport on the Statistics of 

 the Fotir Collectorates of Dukhan, under the British Govern- 

 ment. By Lieutenant- Colonel Sykes. 9. Horary Meteorologi- 

 cal Observations, made agreeably to the Suggestions of Sir J. 

 Herschel. 10. Meteorological Pegister. 



3. Asiatic Researches, Part II. vol. xx. Calcutta, 1839. 

 This part contains the following Memoirs : — 1. On the Go- 

 vernment of Siam. By Captain James Low, M. A. S. C. 2. No- 

 tices of the Life of Skdkya, extracted from the Tibetan autho- 

 rities. By M. Alexander Csoma Korosi, Siculo-Hungarian of 

 Transylvania. 3. Peview of the Naishadha Charila, or Adven- 

 tures of Nala Poja of Nishadha ; a Sanscrit Poem. By the 

 Rev. W. Yates. 4. On Siamese Literature. By Captain James 

 Low, M. A. S. C. 5. Analysis of the Second Division of the 

 Tibetan Work, entitled the Kah-Gyur. By M. A. C. Korosi, 

 Siculo-Hungarian of Transylvanian. 6. Abstract of the con- 

 tents of the Bslmi-Kgyur. By M. A. C. Kiiros. 



4. The Zoohyy of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, No. I. Part IV. Fish. 

 By the Ilev. Lcouard Jcnyns, A.M., F.L.S. London : Smith, Elder 

 and Co. 



This number is illustrated by eight uncoloured plates of 

 the Acanthoptcrygii, and forms an interesting addition to 

 this department of the natural history of fishes. 



