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[No. 17.] 



JOURNAL ^^ 



OF THE M 



STRAITS BRANCH 



OF THE 



ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



JUNE, 1886. 



PUBLISHED HALF-YEARLY. 



SINGAPOKE: 



Printed at the Gtoveknment Pointing Office. 



1S87. 



Agents of the Society: 



London and America. ... Trubner & Co, 



Paris.. ... Ernest Leroux & Cie. 



Germany, ... K. E. Koeiiler's Antiquarium:, Leipzig. 



