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VL Calculation of all the Occultations visible at Madras, 



during the present year — By Goday Vencat Juggarow. 297 



YIIo Meteorological Register kept at ibe Madras Observa- 

 tory, for the months of March, April and May, 1835. 

 — By T. G. Taylor, Esq, Honourable Company's As- 

 tronomer 303 



No. 9— OCTOBER. 



I. Observations on the Origin and Ceremo^nies of the Mo- 

 hurrum. — By Mahomed Tippoo, Persian Interpreter 

 of the Supreme Court - . . 3IS 



IL On the best position of a Prop or support to sustain a 

 superincumbent load on an inclined plane.' — By A 

 Miner. 335 



III. Remarks on the method of estimating the distance at 



sea, from objects of known height.— By C 338 



IV. Description and drawings of a self-performing, barrel 



organ. — By Lieut. J. Braddock 343 



Y« Biographical sketch of the literary career of the late 

 Colonel Colin Mackenzie, Surveyor-General of In- 

 dia — comprising some particulars of his collection 

 of Manuscripts, Plans, Coins, DrawingSs Sculptjures, ri ^ 

 ^c. illustrative of the Antiquities, History, Geogra- 

 phy, Laws, Institutions arid Manners of the ancient 

 B ndus; contained in a letter addressed by him to 



the Right Hon: Sir Alexander Johnston, V. P. R. A. S. 

 &c. &c...... .'. 354 



YL Observations on the value of the cipher, and on the 

 mode of computing the time of the Moon's rising 

 -and setting. — By Goday Vencat Juggarow 369 



VII. Observations on the Flora of Courtallum. — By Robert 



V^^ight, M. D. Surgeon, 33d Regiment N. 1 380 



VIII. Meteorological Register kept at the Madras Observa- 



tory; for the months of June, July & August, 1835 — 

 By T. G. Taylor, Esq. Honorable Company's Astro- 

 nomer,.., 392 



