Contents. v 



Page 

 Tables of Mortality according to the experience of the Bengal Civil Service, 



with the values of Annuities, &c. By Captain J. C. Hannyngton, 250 



Tables for determining Heights by the Barometer. By Captain Hannyngton, 394 



Takin of the Eastern Himalaya, On the. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 65 



Valley of Spiti ; Report on the. By Captain W, C. Hay, 429 



Variations of nearly affined species or races of Birds, chiefly inhabitants of 



India, Remarks on the modes of. By E. Blyth, Esq., 229 



Vichitra Natak or '.' Beautiful Epitome," — a fragment of the Sikh Granth, 



entitled "The book of the Tenth Pontiff." Translation of the. By Capt. 



G. Siddons, 1st Cavalry, 521 



Voysey's (Dr.) private Journal, Extracts from. No. IT. p. 110, No. III. 269 

 Wadi Araba, Note on the Strata cut through in excavating for Coal in. By 



Hekeykian Bey, 139 



Zinc Mines of Jawar, Note on the. By Captain J. C. Brooke, 212 



INDEX TO NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



Baddeley, Dr. P. On the Dust Storms of India, 390 



Blyth, E. Esq. Description of a new species of Mole 215 



Remarks on the Modes of variation of nearly affined species 



or races of Birds, 221 



Conspectus of the Ornithology of India, Burmah, &c, 229-319-501 



Bowring, L. Esq. Descriptive Notice of the District of Jhilum, 43 



Brooke, Captain W. C. Note on the Zinc Mines of Jawar, 212 



Buist, Dr. George. On the General Vibration or Descent and Upheaval, 



which seems, at a recent Geological period, to have occurred all over the 



Northern Hemisphere, , 302 



On the Encrustation of Steam Boilers and Pipes in India, 419 



Campbell, Dr. A. Answers to Mr. Piddington's Queries about Winds, 



Storms, &c, 457 



Edgeworth, M. P. Esq. Report on the Statistics of Banda, 89 



Hannyngton, Major J. C. Tables of Mortality according to the experience 



of the Bengal Civil Service, 250 



1 Tables for determining Heights by the Barometer, 394 



Hay, Captain W. C. Report on the valley of Spiti, 429 



