TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



List of Members, ... ... ... ... v. 



Proceedings, General Meeting, 13th October, 1879, ... viii. 



Do., Annual General Meeting, 30th January, 1880, x. 



Council's Annual Eeport for 1879, ... ... xi. 



Treasurers Eeport for 1879, ... ... ... xvi. 



President's Address, ... ... ... ... xix. 



Reception of Professor Nordenskjold, ... ... xxii, 



The Maritime Code, by Sir Stamford Baffles, {Conclusion), 1 



About Kinta, by H. W. C. Leech, l.l.b., f.c.d., ... 21 



About Slim and Bernam, by H. W. 0. Leech, l.l.b., f.c.d., 34 



The Aboriginal Tribes of Perak, by W. B. Maxwell, ... 46 



The Vernacular Press in the Straits, by B. W. Birch, ... 51 

 Miscellaneous Notes, — 



On the Gruliga of Borneo, by A. Hart Bcerett,... 56 



On the Name " Sumatra," ... ... 58 



A Correction, ... ... .., 61 



Eegister of Eainfall in the Straits Settlements and the 



Native States, 2nd Half -year of 1879, ... 62 



Eegister of Meteorological Observations taken in Singa- 

 pore, during the year 1879, ... ... 63/64 



