[No. 8.] 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



STRAITS BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



DECEMBER, 1881. 



PUBLISHED HALF-YEARLY 



SINGAPORE : 



Printed at the G-oyeenment Printing Ofeice. 



1882. 



Agents oe the Society : 

 London & America,... Trubner& Co. | Paris,... Ernest Leroux & Cie. 



