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CONTENTS. 
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
1. — Fall of Meteoric stones. - - - - 130 
2. -— Report upon Captaia Taylor's proposed Jetty over the Surf at Madras. 133 
3. — Report of the Committee appointed to examine Messrs. Saunders' and 
Mitchells' project for erecting an Iron Pile Pier at Madras- - 135 
4. — Colonel Cotton's project for a Breakwater at Madras. - • 146 
5. —Appearance of Coal at Nellore - - - - - 291 
6. — Specimens of Cottol and information desired with a view to the Chemical 
investigation of the Cotton Plant. ... 294 
7. — Graphite in Travancore. . . - - 295 
8. — Memorandum on the Government Garden, Ootacamund. - 297 
9. — Preservation of Timber. - - - V - - 303 
10. — Height of the Himalayas. - - - | - 304 
11. — EflFects of the Sting of Scorpions. - - - - 304 
12. — How to get rid of Musquitos. ♦ - - - - 304 
13. — The Mulberry Tree with reference to the culture of Silk. - 305 
14. — The Volvox Globator. - - . - - 3.06 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
1. — Oriental. - 
2. — Natural History. ^ - 
3. — Miscellaneous - 
PKOCEEDINGS. 
1. — Proceedings of the Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society, 
April 9th, 1857. 186 
2. — Do. do. do. May 14th, 1857. 169 
3. — Do. do. do. June 11th, 1857, 171 
4. — Do. do. do. Aug. 10th, and Sept. 10th, 1857, 315 
METEOROLOGY. 
Extract from Meteorological Observations kept at the Madras Observatory, 
for March, April & May 1857, - 173 
Do. do. do. for June, July, August & Sept, 1857, 318 
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