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on the Old-Javanese poem ‘‘Jantu) Panggeharan,”’ which 
gives an account of the creation of the world. Prof. VREEDE’S 
criticism of Kern’s work on the Fiji language contains a 
large number of acute observations which testify to their 
author’s competency to enter the lists in literary ccntroversies 
on this subject. Lastly, an article, by C. A. VON OPHUYZEN, 
on the popular poetry of the Battaks, deserves favourable 
mention. As the Institute is engaged ina field of research, 
but a small portion of which has as yet been cultivated, and 
as the results of its work as deposited in the “ Bijdragen” 
do the utmost credit to the learning of its working members, 
we may confidently look forward to the instructive contents 
of its further publications.—77ribuer’s Record. 
The Koninklik Institudt voor de taal-, land- en volkenkunde 
van Nederlandsch Indié have elected Mr. W. E. MAXWELL, 
C.M.G. (Member of the Royal Asiatic Society and late Honorary 
Secretary of the Straits Branch R. A. S.) as a corresponding 
member, in recognition of his philological studies. 
“INDIAN NOTES AND QUERIES.” 
NOTICE.—OwInG to pressure of official business, the Editor 
of ‘‘/ndian Notes and Queries’ is compelled reluctantly to 
discontinue the publication of that journal. 
Subscriptions already paid in advance will be refunded by 
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TREATY WITH JAVA. 
Mr. NOEL TROTTER writing to a friend from Auckland, New 
Zealand, states :—‘‘ The original treaty dated the 23rd of De- 
