CONTENTS. 
Pages 
Proceedings of First, Second and Third Meetings ... ... vii — xii 
Notes on the Cyclone of November 9th, 1886, by C. Michie 
Smith, Esq., B.Sc. 1—12 
On a New Method of finding the Factors of any given Nnmber : 
A contribution to the Theory of Numbers, by G. K. Winter, 
Esq. 13—20 
The Fish Fauna of E4meswaram Island, by Edgar Thurston, 
Esq 21—24 
On the reputed Suicide of Scorpions, by Alfred Gibbs Bourne, 
Esq., D.Sc. 25—31 
Hints to Coin-Collectors in Southern India, Part I., by Captain 
E. H. C. Tufnell 32—55 
A Pallava Iribcription from Amaravati, by E. Hultzsch, Esq., 
Ph.D 56—62 
Notes on the Madras species of Matuta, by J. R. Henderson, 
Esq., M.B 63—68 
The Cosmogony of the Veda, by the Rev. Maurice Phillips . . . 69 — 88 
The Pearl Oyster of the Gulf of Manaar : Avicula (Meleagrina) 
fncata, by Henry Sullivan Thomas, Esq. ... ... ... 89 — 115 
