XVI CONTENTS. 



Page 

 IV. — Report on the Island of Socotra. By Lieut. J. R. Wellsted, Indian 



Navy, Assistant Surveyor, ...... 138 



V. — Note on an Inscription on the Mandara hill near Bhagelpur, (forming a 



postcriptto Article III. of the present number,) 166 



VI. — Extracts from a Journal kept during a Voyage from England to Calcutta, 



in 1831. By Lieut. T. Hutton, 37th N. 1 167 



VII. — Account of Oxygyrus ; a new Genus of Pelagian Shells allied to the 

 Genus Atlanta of Lesueur, with a Note on some other Pelagian Shells 

 lately taken on board the Ship Malcolm. By W. H. Benson, Esq. Bengal 



Civil Service, 1 73 



VIII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society 177 



IX. — Meteorological Register, 184 



No. 40.— APRIL. 

 I. — Description of Ancient Temples and Ruins at Chardwar in Assam. By Cap- 

 tain G. E. Westmacott, Assistant, Governor General's Agent, N. E. 



Frontier, 185 



II. — Remarks on an Inscription in the Ranja and Tibetan (U'chh^n) Charac- 

 ters, taken from a Temple on the Confines of the Valley of Nepal. By 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. Resident, 19G 



III. — Journal of a Tour through the Island of Rambree, (Ramri ; Sans. 



Ramavati,) on the Arracan Coast. By Lieut. William Foley, 199 



IV. — On the amount of Rain-fall at Calcutta, as affected by the Declination of 



the Moon. By the Rev. R. Everest, 207 



V. — Further Note on the Inscription from Sarnath, printed in the last No. of 



this Journal. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq 211 



VI, — Description of two new species of Carinaria, lately discovered in the Indian 



Ocean. By W. H. Benson, Esq. Bengal Civil Service, 215 



VII. — On a new species of Snake discovered in the Doab, ....** 217 



VIII. — Notice of an Extraordinary Fish. By H. Piddington, Esq, 218 



IX. — Rules for Calculating the Lengths of the Drop-bars of Suspension Bridges, 

 the Length and Deflection of the Chain rise of the Roadway, &c. By Cap- 

 tain J. Thomson, Engineers, 222 



X. — Table shewing the Weight or Pressure which a cylindrical wrought-iron 

 Bolt will sustain when supported at the ends, and bonded in the middle of 



its Length. By Captain J. Thomson, Engineers, 225 



XI. — A Table of the Scantlings of Beams of Teak or Saul Wood, to sustain a 

 Terrace Roof not exceeding seven inches in thickness ; the deflection not 

 to exceed one-fortieth of an inch for each foot of length. By the same, .... 227 

 XII. — On the Temperature of Deep Wells to the west of the Jamna. By the 



Rev. R. Everest, 229 



XIII.— Abstracts of a Meteorological Register kept at " Caineville," Mus- 



sooree (Masuri.) By S. M. Boulderson, Esq 230 



XIV. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 232 



XV. — Meteorological Register, 240 



No. 41.— MAY. 

 I. — Sketch of the four Men&ngkabowe States, in the interior of the Malayan 



Peninsula. By Lieut. J. T. Newbold, 23rd Regt. Madras Native Infautry, 241 

 II. — Comparison of the Heights of the Barometer, with the distance of the 



Moon from the Celestial Equator. By the Rev. R. Everest, 252 



III. — Collimation Error of Astronomical Instruments. By J. G. Taylor, Esq. 



H. C. Astronomer, Madras, 258 



