CONTENTS. 



Page, 



TIL— On the Relationship existing between the Animal and Plant. By 



George Bidie, m. b., Assistant Surgeon, Madras 1 



Till.— Suggestions for a uniform System of "Weights and Measures 

 throughout India. By "W. H. Bayley, Esq., of the Madras Civil 

 Service - -- -- -- - 133 



T X.— The Study of Living Languages. By Colonel Arthur Cotton, Ma- 

 dras Engineers - - - - - - 261 



X.— A mode of taking Stereoscopic Portraits with a common Camera. By 



Lieutenant L. Paxton ------ 253 



XL— Report on a reputed Coal Formation at Kota on the L'pper Goda- 



very River. By Philip W. Wall, Mineral Viewer at Madras - 256 

 XII.— On the Oxym el process in Photography. By J. Tawse, Madras • 270 



SELECTIONS. 



1.— New Cinghalese Plants. 2.— Aska Sugar Factory. 3 Wood Oil - 283 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



1. — Appearance of Coal at 2sellore. 2.— Specimens of Cotton and informa- 

 tion desired with a view to the Chemical investigation of the Cotton 

 Plant. 3. — Graphite in Travancore. 4. — Government Horticultural 

 Garden, Ootacamund. 5. — Preservation of Timber. 6. — Height of 

 the Himslayas. 7 — Effects of the Sting of Scorpions. 8.— The Mul- 

 berry tree with reference to the culture of Silk. 9. — The Yolvox Globator. 305 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



1.— Oriental. 2.— Natural History. 3.— Miscellaneous - - - 30S 



PROCEEDINGS. 



The Managing Committee of the Madras Literary Society, and Auxiliary of 

 the Royal Asiatic Society, Thursday evening the 19th of August, and iOth 

 of September, 1857 - - - - - - -315 



METEOROLOGY. 



Extract from Meteorological Observations kept at the Madras Observatory 

 for June, July, August and September - 318 



