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CONTENTS. 



XII.— Selections. 



1.— On a portion of Dukhun, East Indies.— By Lieutenant- 

 Colonel W. H. Sykes, f. r. s. f. g. s. f. l. s 344 



2. — A Statistical and Geological Memoir of the Country from 



Punah to Kittor, South of the Krishna River.— By 

 James Bird, Esq. m. r. a. s., f. r. g. s. of the Bom- 

 bay Medical Establishment 375 



3. — Abstract of the Journal of a Route travelled by Captain 



S. F. Hannay, of the 40th Regiment Native Infantry, 

 from the Capital of Ava to the Amber Mines of the 

 Hukong valley on the South-east frontier of Assam. — 

 By Captain R. Boileau Pemberton, 44th Regiment 



N.I..... 390 



4.— Report on the Physical Condition of the Assam Tea 

 Plant, with reference to Geological Structure, Soils, 

 and Climate.— By John M'Clelland, Esq., Assistant 

 Surgeon, Bengal Establishment, and Mem ber of the 

 Asiatic and Medical Societies of Calcutta.— Presented 

 to the Agricultural Society of Calcutta, 8th February, 

 1837, by desire of the Right Honourable Lord Auck- 

 land, Governor General of India, '&c. &c. &c 423 



5.— Notes on the Agriculture and Rural Economy of the Valley 

 of Nepaul.— By A. Campbell, Esq. Officiating Assist- 



ant to the Resident 445 



Proceedings of Societies. 



Royal Asiatic Society.— Proceedings of the Committee 

 of Agriculture and Commerce 461 



Appendix. 



Proposed new Work on Indian Botany.— By Robert 

 Wight, m.d, f. l. s., &c 469 



Meteorological Register kept at the Madras Observator y, 

 for the Months of July, August and September.— By 

 T. G. Taylor, Esq. H. C. Astronomer. , , . . , 474 



