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CONTENTS. 



VII. Proceedings of a Meeting of the Madras Literary Society and Auxi- 

 liary of the Royal Asiatic Society, held at the Society's Rooms, 



at the College, on Thursday the 28th November 1833 Il6 



Vlir, Meteorological Register kept at the Madras Observatory ; for the 

 months of September, October and November, 1833, — By T, G. 

 Taylor, Esq. H. C. Astronomer. . .. .. .. .. ..llQi 



No, 3.— APRIL. 



I. A sketch of the History of the Ramoossies, residing in the Sattarah 



Territory and in the Poona and Ahmednuggur Districts — By 

 Capt. Alexander Mackintosh of (he 27th Regiment M. N. I. 

 Commanding Ahmednuggur Local Corps 126 



II. On the Mode of raising water in India— By Mechanicus 16() 



III. Translation of an extract from Tohfet al Akbar ; or, a history of 



the Rulers, Rajahs, and Jaghiredars of the Carnatic— By an 

 Officer of the Madras Army 166 



IV. Marine Barometer,~Theory of Storms, &c 169 



V. Memorandum on the Tides at Madras — By Lt. Col, DeHavilland 



of the Madras Engineers .. .. .. ..179 



VI. Translation from a work by M, M. Botte et Riffiault, detailing, the 



method pursued in France, of extracting Saltpetre from the 

 soil, and of ascertaining the quality of Saltpetre by assay, — 

 Communicated by Lieut. Col, Napier 182 



VII. Assay of Saltpetre according to the principle established by M, M. 



Botte et Riffault in France 190 



VIII. Proceedings of the 1^1 ad ras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the 



Royal Asiatic Society, held at the College, on Thursday the 30th 

 January 1834.. .. .. .. .. 192 



IX. Proceedings of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the 



Royal Asiatic Society, held at the Society's rooms, at the College, 

 on Thursday evening the 27th February 1834 . . . . . . . . 194 



X. Meteorological Register kept at the Madras Observatory ; for the 



months of December 1833, and January and February 1834. ... 199 



No. 4.— JULY. 



I, A sketch of the History of the Ramoossies, residing in the Sattarah 



Territory and in the Poona and Ahmednuggur Districts — By 

 Capt. Alexander Mackintosh of the 27th Regiment M. N, I. 

 Commanding Ahmednuggur Local Corps 206 



II, On the state of Slavery in Southern India by A, D, Campbell, Esq, 



M. C. S. (Extracted from appendix to Report from Select 

 Committee on the affairs of the East India Company) 243 



III, An Historical account of the Christians on the Malabar Coast, by 



the Venerable Archdeacon Robinson, a. m. Part 3d . . . .255 



IV, Climate of Seringapatam, Lat. 12" 45' N. Long. 76*' 51' E. (Ex- 



tracted from the Journal of the Asiatic Society, of Bengal.). . . .269 



