Xll CONTENTS. 



Page. 



IV. On the Utility of Cess-pools in Calcutta, . . . . . . 100 



V. On the Temperature and Saltness of the River Hnglf, from Calcutta to the Sea. 



By G. A. Prinsep, Esq. . . . . . . . . . . 104 



VI. Scientific Intelligence. 



1. Burmese Varnish, .. .. .. .. .. 110 



2. Fishes of the Ganges, . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



3. Carton-pierre, . . . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



4. Progress of Improvements in France, .. .. ..Ill 



5 Mode of conducting the Meetings of the Academie, .. .. ib. 



6. Caoutchouc, .. .. .. .. •• 112 



7. Directions for collecting and preserving Plants in Foreign Countries. By W. 



J. Hooker, L.L.D. Beg . Prof. Bot. at Glasgow, . . . . 113 



8. Explanation of the Sketches of the Horns of the Jarai, Plate V. . . 115 



VII. Proceedings of Societies. 



1. Asiatic Society, .. .. .. ..116 



2. Medical and Physical Society, .. .. .. .. 117 



3. Natural History Society of the Mauritius, . . . . . . 119 



No. 4.-APRIL. 



I. Geographical Notice of Tibet. By Mr. Alexander Csoma de Koros, . . 121 



II. Account of Barren Island, in the Bay of Bengal. Drawn up by the late Dr. J. 



Adam, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..128 



III. Flora Indica, or Descriptions of Indian Plants. By the late William Rox- 

 burgh, M. D. F. R. S. E. &c. &c. Vols. I. II. and III. . . . . . . 131 



IV. A Sketch of the Route and Progress of Lieut. A. Burnes and Dr. Gerard. By 



a recent Traveller, . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 



V. Some Account of the Salt Mines of the Panjab. By Lieut. A. Burnes, Bombay 



Army, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 



VI. Mode of Extracting the Gold Dust from the Sand of the Ningthee River, .. 148 



VII. Note on Indian Saline Deposits. By the Rev. R. Everest, . . . 149 



VIII. Smelting of Iron in the Kasya Hills, .. .. .. ..150 



IX. On Chinese Vermilion, . . . . . . . . . . 151 



X. Abstract of Meteorological Tables, kept at Bancoora, by Mr. J. MacRitchie, 



for 1830 and 1831, .. .. ..' .. .. ..154 



XT. Native Receipt Book, . . - . . . . . . . 155 



XII. Proceedings of Societies. 



1. Asiatic Society, .. .. .. .. .. 157 



2. Medical and Physical Society, . . . . . . . . 158 



3. Natural History Society of the Mauritius, .. .. .. 160 



XIII. Catalogue of Mammalia observed in the Dakhan. By Major W". H. Sykes, . 161 



XIV. Meteorological Register for March, . . . . . . 168 



No. 5.— MAY. 

 I. Some Account of the Lacquered or Japanned Ware of Ava. By Major H. 



Burney, Resident at the Burmese Court, .. .. .. 169 



TI. Analysis of the Chinese Varnish. By Mr. I. Macaire Prinsep, .. 183 



III. Summation of Polynomial Co- efficients. By Mr. W. Masters, .. 187 



IV. Geological Sketch of Masuri and Landour, in the Himalaya ; together with an 

 Abstract of the Thermometrical Register kept at Landour during the year 1831. 



By F. H. Fisher, Asst. Surgeon, * . . . . . . . . 193 



V. On Modes of obtaining Important Results by Simple Means. By Capt. G. 



Twemlow, Bombay Arty, . . . . . . . . 195 



