CONTENTS op Vol. III. 



Page. 



I.— Report upon the Oils of Southern India. By Lieut. H. P. Hawkes, 



S. A. C. G. - - - - 1 



II.— Description of the method adopted in the Coimbatore District for 

 catching Wild Elephants. By Captain T. Hamilton, Assistant 

 Conservator of Forests. - - - 58 



III, ~-Notice of the occurrence of Crystalline Limestone, in the District 



of Coimbatore. By H. F. Blanford, Esq. of the Geological Sur- 

 vey of India. ...-.--60 



IV. — Description of a Cyclone at Nellore, on 2nd November 1857. By 



Lieut. John Mullins, Madras Engineers. - 65 



V.— Notice of the same Cyclone at Cuddapah, on 2nd November 1S57. 



By Lieut. E. Hemery, Madras Engineers. ; - 70 



VI. — On the Line selected for the Madras Railway. By Colonel T. T. 



Pears, Consulting Engineer. - - - - 71 



VII.— A List of Neilgherry Ferns. By the Revd. Dr. B. Schrnid. - - 79 

 VIII.— A List of Neilgherry Mosses. By the Revd. Dr. B. Schmid. - - 84 

 IX.— Introductory Report on the Natural History of the Pearl Oyster of 



Ceylon. By E. F. Kelaart, M. D. - - - 39 



X.— Report on the Tamblegam Pearl Oyster Fishery. By E. F. Ke- 

 laart, M. D. - - - ' - - 105 

 XI.— Extract from Report on the Vegetable Products of the Pulney 

 Hills. By Lieutenant R. H. Beddome, Assistant Conservator 

 of Forests. - - - - - 163 

 XII. — Notes of an excursion along the Travancore Breakwater. By Capt. 



Heber Drury, 45th N.I. - - - - 203 



XIII. — Numismatic Gleanings. By "Walter Elliot, Madras Civil Service. 220 



XIV. — Notes on various subject*. By Lieutenant H. P. Hawkes, Sub- « 



Assist. Commissary General. - 249* 



SELECTIONS. 



1. — Moths and Bees. - - hq 



2. — Mode of protecting Timber from Fire. - 117 



3. — Account of some recent Geological Researches 'near Cairo. - - 252 



4. — Letter from Captain Burton, Leader of an Expedition into Eastern 



Intertropical Africa. - 256 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



1. — Scientific Mission to India. - 137 



2. — Poisoning with the seeds of Thevetia neriifolia. - - - 140 



3. — Coal ia Scinde. - - ; - 142 



