CONTENTS. 



Page, 



I.— Description and plan of tbe Natron Lake of Loonar, with an 

 analysis of the Salt. By George Smith, M. d., Residency 

 Surgeon, Hyderabad, - 1 



II. — Notes on Indian Currencies. By J. W. Breeks, of the Madras 



Civil Service. - - 21 



III. ~Entornological Papers, being descriptions of new Ceylon Cole- 



optera with such observations on their habits, etc., as appear 



in any way interesting. By John Nietner, Colombo, Ceylon, 57 



IV. — Description of a Plain er Waxed paper Process in Photography. 



By J<esse Mitchell, Adjutant 1st Native Veteran Battalion, - 71 



V.— Description of the Manufacture of Biddory Ware. By George 



Smith, m. d., Residency Surgeon, Hyderabad, 81 



VI.— Notulae Botanicse No. I. On the Sand-binding Plants of the 



Madras Beach. By Hugh Cleghorn, m. d., - - - - 85 



VII.— The Geological features of Madura, Trichinopoly, Tanjore, and 



Poothacotta. By the Rev. D. Muzzy. - - - - 90 



VIII.— A Vocabulary of the^Dialect spoken by the Todas of the Nila- 

 giri mountains. By the Rev. F. Metz of the German Evan- 

 gelical Mission, 103 



IX.— Scientific Intelligence, 109 



X. — Proceedings of the Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of 



the Royal Asiatic Society, ------- 116 



