iv Contents. 



Literary Intelligence, 498 



Lucknow, Notes on the Mora of, with Catalogues of the cul- 

 tivated and indigenous plants, , 89 



Memorandum on Education in China drawn up from informa- 

 tion afforded by the ex-Imperial Commissioner Yeh, 48 



Meteorological Observations (Abstract) taken at the Sur- 

 veyor General's office, Calcutta, for the months of June 



to December, 1858, from xli. to xcvi. 



from January to May, 1859,. from i. to xl. 



Orissa, Notes and Queries suggested by a Yisit to, in Janu- 

 ary, 1859, 185 



Persian Gulf, Eeport on the Geological specimens from, 41 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



for December 1858, and January 1859, 5#ty 



• February, March, April and May, 1859, 156 



June, July and August, 1859, 254 



> September, 389 



October, November, December, 505 



Eeviews of recently published Sanskrit works, ,„.. 501 



Sh we Dagon Pagoda, History of, 473 



S'rusiikta, or Litany to Fortune ; text and commentary with 



translation, 121 



Swayamvara of the ancient Hindus and its traces in the an- 

 cient world generally, « 31 



INDEX TO NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



Alabaster, C. Esq., Memorandum on Education in China drawn 

 up from information afforded by the ex -Imperial Commis- 

 sioner Teh, 4g 



Anderson, Thos. M. D., Notes on the Flora of Lucknow with 



Catalogues of the cultivated and indigenous Plants, 89 



