CONTENTS or Vol. I. 
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I. Description and plan of the Natron Lakg of Loonar, with an ana- 
lysis of the^Salt. By George Smith, m, r,, Residency Surgeon, 
Hyderabad. * - - - - 1 
II. Notes on Indian Currencies. By J. "W. Breeks of the Madras Civil 
Service. - , - • - - - 21 
III. Entomological Papeii, beingydescriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera 
•with such observations on their habits, etc., as appear in any way 
interesting. By John Nietner, Colombo, Ceylon. [No. I.] - 57 
IV. Description of a Plain or Waxed paper Process in Photography. By 
Jesse Mitchell, Adjutant, 1st Native Veteran Battalion. - - 71 
V. Description of the Manufacture of Biddery Ware. By George 
Smith, M. D., Residency Surgeon, Hyderabad. - - 81 
VI. Notulae Botanicse No. I. On the Sand-binding Plants of the Madras 
Beach. By Hugh Cleghorn, m, d. - - - - 85 
VII. The Geological features of Madura, Trichinopoly, Tanjore, and 
Poothacotta. By the Rev. D. Muzzy. - - - 90 
VIII. A Vocabulary of the Dialect spoken by the Todas of the Nilagiri 
mountains. By the Rev. F. Metz of the German Evangelical 
Mission. - - . _ _ - 103 
IX. [I. of No. II.] Do. do. do. do. do. 
(Continued from p. 108 ) - - - - - 131 
X. [II. of No. II.] Brief notices of Pelagian Mollusca collected on a 
voyage from England to Madras, during the months of April, May 
and June, 1856. By William Traill, m. d. - - - . 147 
XI. [III. of No. II.] On a Photographic Printing Process. By Cap- 
tain Tripe, 12th Regiment N. I. 166 
XII. [IV. of No. II.] Entomological Papers, being descriptions of new 
Ceylon Coleoptera with such observations on their habits, etc. as 
appear in any way interesting. By John Nietner, Colombo, Cey- 
lon. [Nos. II. and III.] 171 
XIII. [V. of No. II.] Memo, on the subject of Rain Gauges for the PrO' 
viaces of Madras. By W. H. Bayley, Madras Civil Service. - 203 
