542 Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



C. Wister. C. E. Wister. 



Beginning 3bl2'"55^-4 3^ 12'"54M 



Formation of ring .... 4 31 9 -4 431 8-4 



Rupture of ring 4 35 18 "4 4 35 18 "4 



End 5 45 8-4 5 45 7 -4 



Duration of eclipse. . .. 2 32 13-0 2 32 13-0 



Do. of ring 4 9 4 10-0 



" The lucid points and dark intervening spaces corresponded 

 closely to Baily's description," 



No. 23, by John Griscom. Latitude 9 "-7 N. Longitude 0-3' in 

 time west of the Observatory of Haverford School. With a 3^ feet 

 Dollond achromatic, power 80, 



Beginning 3" 12"" 18»-6 



Formation of ring 4 30 31 '6 



Rupture of ring (not reported) 



End 5 44 26-6 



Duration of eclipse 2 32 8 "6 



Do. of ring (not reported). 

 No. 24, by Prof. James Hamilton of Burlington, New Jersey. 

 Latitude 40° 5' 10" N. 69-1' in time east of State House, Phila- 

 delphia. With a five feet achromatic, power 80, clock regulated 

 by equal altitudes with a sextant. 



Beginning 3'' 14'"23^-7 



Formation of ring 4 32 32 '6 



Rupture of ring 4 36 19-6 



End 5 46 8-5 



Duration of eclipse 2 31 44-8 



Do. of ring 3 47 "0 



" The phases of the ring are the perfect formation and perfect 

 rupture, without reference to beads. No dark lines seen." 



LXXIII. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND AGRI- 

 CULTURE OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN 

 AND IRELAND. 



THE first Number of the Proceedings of this Committee has ap- 

 peared, and the valuable information which this pamphletcontains, 

 fully bears out the expectations which its formation justified us in 

 entertaining. The reports of this Committee cannot fail to possess 

 high interest for the merchant and manufacturer, as pointing out the 

 much neglected resources of our extensive Indian possessions, as 

 indicating new sources of long-known articles of commerce, and de- 

 scribing new substances well adapted as substitutes for many of those 

 well known, and at present imported from foreign countries. 



The Proceedings contain abstracts of a series of papers on various 

 important subjects ; amongst which are cotton, rice, silk, caoutchouc, 

 tanning substances, dye-stuffs, medicines, oils, and oil-seeds ; these 

 are principally by Dr. Royle, the Secretary of the Committee ; Mr. 



