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THE JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO 
AND EASTERN ASIA. 
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VOL. L 
General 
The present Condition of the 
Indian Archipelago, by the Editor. 
Gutta Percha, by T. Oxley, Esq, 
A. B., Senior Surgeon of the Set¬ 
tlement of Prince of Wales Island, 
Singapore and Malacca. 
Shair Bidasari: A Malay Poem, 
with an English Translation and 
Notes, by the Editor . 
Introductory Remarks to a series 
of contributions to the Ethnology 
of the Indian Archipelago, by the 
Editor. 
The Laws of the Indian Archi¬ 
pelago and Eastern Asia, by the 
Editor. 
Miscellaneous Notices, Contri¬ 
butions and Correspondence. 
Malay Pantuns. 
The British Settlements on 
the Straits op Malacca. 
Annual Remittances by Chi¬ 
nese Immigrants to their Families 
in China. 
Notes on the Geological Features 
of Singapore and some of the Ad¬ 
jacent, Lieut.^Colonel Low , c. m. 
R. A. Si & E. A. S. C. 
A few remarks on Conehology 
and Malachology, comprising brief 
notices of some of the more re¬ 
markable “Testacea” in Singapore 
and its neighbourhood; with an 
appended catalogue of Singapore 
Shells arranged in comformity 
with Lamark’s System, by Wrn. 
Traill, Esq. M.D. 
The Malay Peninsula. 
Notes on the deposits which have 
been discovered along the Siamese 
Coast from Pinang to the vicinity 
of Junkceylon, by Lieut . Colonel 
Low, M. A. S. O. Sc C. M. A. R, S. 
Discovery of Coal in Ligor and 
Keddah on the West Coast of the 
Peninsula, by the Editor. 
The Orang Binua of Johore, by 
the Editor. 
Physical Characteristics of the 
Mintira, by the Editor. 
The Superstitions of the Mintira, 
with some additional remarks on 
their customs &c. by the Editor. 
Visit of a Party of Orang Min¬ 
tira to Singapore, by the Editor. 
-The Orang Sabimba, a Tribe of 
the Extremity of the Malay Pe¬ 
ninsula, by the Editor. 
The Orang Biduanda Kallang, 
