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ANNUAL REPORT, 



the proposed Museum. The objects of the Society are not limited 

 to the publication of a Journal ; and it is felt that they would be 

 advanced in many ways had members greater opportunities for 

 meeting and for receiving and communicating suggestions as to 

 subjects for enquiry and research. 



The text book of Geography mentioned in the last Annual Re- 

 port has not yet been completed. Great difficulty has been en- 

 countered in arranging for its production by a competent hand. 

 It is now being completed under the direction of Mr. Skinner, 

 and it is believed that it will be made over to the Government for 

 publication early in the year. 



It has been proposed that the Council shall undertake the 

 republication of a selection of papers relating to the Eastern Archi- 

 pelago from the Journals of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal 

 Geographical Society, the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the Madras 

 Literary Society, &c, &c. Many papers scattered through the 

 volumes of the proceedings of these and other Societies are of 

 great local interest. Marsden, Raefles, Letden, Crawftjrd and 

 Low contributed to "Asiatic Researches;" Newbold's papers 

 on the Malay States, and Cantor's Catalogues of Malayan Animals, 

 Reptiles and Fishes, are to be found in the Journal of the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal ; a journey of Logan's through part of the 

 Peninsula is printed in the Journal of the Royal Geographical 

 Society. These and many other papers, if collected and republished, 

 will, it is believed, be eagerly read by residents in the Straits of 

 Malacca, who would never have the opportunity of consulting the 

 files of the Journals in which they originally appeared. The per- 

 mission of the Asiatic Society of Bengal has been asked for the 

 republication of papers contained in their Journal ; and Messrs. 

 Tkubner and Co. will undertake the production of two volumes, 

 to begin with, if the Society will take two hundred copies. 



With the object of extending our knowledge of the Geography 

 of the Peninsula, arrangements have been made for the prepara- 

 tion, for the use of the Society, of a skeleton map of the Peninsula 

 on a scale of a quarter of an inch to a mile, upon which all new 

 information will be entered, from time to time, as exploration 

 advances. 



