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paper will help to resolve the doubt that still exists on this subject. The 

 Report referred to states, that although the preponderance of evidence 

 at present seems to favour the conclusion that forests have an in- 

 fluence in increasing the amount of rain-fall in their immediate vicinity, 

 further experiments are necessary before this can be considered conclu- 

 sively settled. It is precisely in this direction that the observations 

 recorded by Mr. Blanford are of great value, and we can only hope that 

 they will be continued until this important question is set at rest. 

 The paper will be published in the Journal, Part II for 1887. 



Library. 



The following additions have been made to to the Library since the 

 meeting held in January last. 



TRANSACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS, 

 presented by the respective Societies and Editors. 



Amsterdam. Revue Coloniale Internationale, — Tome IV, No. 1, Jan- 

 vier, 1887. 



Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University Circulars, — Vol. VI, No. 54, 

 December, 1886. 



Bombay. Anthropological Society of Bombay, — Journal, Vol. I, No. 1. 



. Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, — Index to Journals 



Vols. I — XVII, and to the Transactions of the Literary Society of 

 Bombay, Vols. I— III. 



. Indian Antiquary,— Vol. XVI, Part 192, January, 1887. 



Calcutta. Asiatic Researches (Popular Edition). Vol. II, Nos. 1 — 6. 



. Geological Survey of India, — Records, Vol. XX. 



. The Indian Engineer, — Vol. II, Nos. 8 and 9 ; and Index 



Vol. I. 



. Indian Engineering, — Vol. I, Nos. 3 — 5 and 7. 



Meteorological Observations recorded at six stations in India, 



corrected and reduced, September, 1886. 

 Edinburgh. Royal Physical Society, — Proceedings, Vol. IX, Part 1, 



Session 1885-'86. 

 The Hague. Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal, — Land- en Valkenkunde 



van Nederlandsch-Indie, — Bijdragen tot de Taal-Land- en Volken- 



kunde van Nederlandsch-Indie, Deel II (5 e Volgr), Aflevering 1. 



