CONTENTS of 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 1857. 



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. Schmid. - - 79 

 VIIL— 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. - - - - 16S 

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



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



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

 XIV.— Notes on various subjects. By Lieutenant H. P. Hawkes, Sub- 

 Assist. Commissary General. " - 249 



SELECTIONS. 



1. — Moths and Bees. - - 110 



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 in Scinde. - - - 142 



