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5. Selangor Mammals. 



6. Limestone in Ulu Klang. 



7. Gutta Perclia. 



8. Chinese Secret Societies in the Straits Settlements. 



9. Malay Proverbs. 



10. M.S. of Sir Stamford Raffles (unpublished) on the 



Founding of Singapore, a reprint of his Malay Code. 



11. Disquisitions respecting the Oplii Ophigus Mlaps, and 



" Breeding Pearls." 



12. Geographical Notes regarding the routes from Pahang 



to Ulu Kelantan overland ; from Selangor to Pahang 

 by Ulu Bernam and Sungei Tata ; across Rambau ; up 

 G-unong Bluinut and the Semrong ; and a Survey Re- 

 port upon the River Plus and the interior of Perak. 



There are in all 26 different writers enrolled among the Con- 

 tributors of these papers. 



For the selling and distributing of the Journal in Europe, 

 Agents hare, on their own application, been appointed as follows : — 



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 Paris. Messrs. Leeotjx & Co. 



With the permission of the Committee of the Raffles Library, 

 our Meetings haye. as hitherto, been held in their premises, except- 

 ing only on the occasion of the extraordinary Meeting in honour 

 of Professor ^Scrde^S-Kjoli). when the Society was kindly invited to 

 assemble in the Singapore Club. The General Meetings have been 

 less numerous than last year, as it was found convenient to hold 

 them not monthly, but once in two months. This refers only to 

 the General Meetings, the Council having continued to meet 

 monthly as provided in the Rules. 



Six General Meetings were held in the course of the year, at 

 which eight Papers were read, most of which either have appeared 

 already, or will be published in the Journal (Xo. IT.), which is now 

 in the printers' hands. 



Among the interesting events of our Society's Meeting should 

 be recorded that, to which reference has just been made — the occa- 

 sion on which the Society presented an address of congratulation 

 to _ the explorers of the 'Xorth-East passage, who recently visited 

 this port in the " Vega," An account of the proceedings on that 



