CONTENTS, 



No. 97. 



I.— Journal of a Mission from the Supreme Government of India to the Court of 

 Siam. — By Dr. Richardson (continued). 1 



II.— Memoranda respecting the existence of Copper in the territory of Luz, near 

 Bela. — By Captain De la Hoste, Assistant Quarter Master General, Sinde 

 Reserve Force 30 



III. — Memoir on the Climate, Soil, Produce, and Husbandry of Afghanistan 



and the Neighbouring Countries. — By Lieut. Irwin, (continued). .... 33 



IV. —Notice of an Inscription in Behar, communicated by Mr. Ravenshaw, as 



published in the May Number of the Journal, 1839 65 



V.— Account of Coins found at Bameean. — By Capt. Hay, 1st European Re- 

 giment, commanding 5th Regiment H. M. S. S. M. Infantry 68 



VI. — Note on Bameean Coins. — By the Officiating Secretary. 70 



VII. — Memorandum on the differences of the Meridian of the Observatory at 

 Madras and the Flag-Staff of Fort William and of the Cantonment of Fut- 

 tehghur in the Doab, — By Colonel J. A. Hodgson, late Surveyor- General 

 of India 75 



VIII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society , 90 



IX.— Meteorological Table 95 



No. 98. 



I.— Note of Discoveries of Gems from Khandahar. — By Lieutenant Conolly. . . 97 



II. — Note on the above. . . .... 100 



III. — A Second Memoir with reference to the Theory of the Law of Storms in 

 India; being Researches relating to the Storm of the 19th to the 21st Sept. 

 at the head of the Bay of Bengal ; to the Great Hurricane at Corino-a on 

 the 16th November, 1839 ; and to another off the Island of Prepai'is on the 



22d November. — By Henry Piddington. (with plates.) 107 



IV. — Some account of a Journey from Kurrachee to Hinglaj, in the Lus terri- 

 tory, descriptive of the intermediate country, and of the port of Soumeanee. 



By Captain Hart, 2d Grenadiers, (Bombay Army) 134 



V.— Fourth Report on the Tenasserim Provinces, considered as a resort from 



Europeans— By John William Heifer, M. D 155 



VI.— Memoir on the Climate, Soil Produce, and Husbandry of Afghanistan and 



the Neighbouring Countries.— By Lieut., Irwin, ( continued j 189 



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