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With a view to the first object* the papers of contributors: 
^fill always have a preference. Next to these we shall 
most largely draw upon the foreign publications in the 
Archipelago. But as papers of interest relating to this 
region are sometimes published on the continent of Europe* 
and remain unknown to English readers* we shall also 
avail of them as opportunity may offer. I ? or the accom¬ 
plishment of the second object* we shall, from time to time* 
republish papers that have already appeared in English* 
but may have had a limited or an entirely local circulation* 
or are no longer procurable. And we shall notice works 
and papers on the Archipelago and Eastern Asia publish¬ 
ed in England and America* partly with the same view* 
and partly to keep ail our Eastern readers and contributors 
informed of every inportant accession made to our know* 1 
ledge of the field from which the Journal takes its glean¬ 
ings. To facilitate reference until a volume is complete* 
we shall with each number give an analytic table of con¬ 
tents* which will serve as the foundation of a full table of 
contents and index* to be issued* with a title page for the 
volume, at the end of each year. 
Unless we adopt a quarterly issue, it will be impossible 
to give to each number that variety in its matter which 
might be agreeable to many readers. But, for the reason 
stated in the Prospectus* and in order also to enable us to 
meet the wishes of contributors when early publication 
may be an object* we have resolved to commence with a 
monthly issue. We must therefore request our readers to 
hear in mind* that the nature of the work requires that it 
be judged not by a number* but by a volume. It may 
indeed sometimes happen that we shall be obliged to occu¬ 
py a whole number with one article* and. that on a subject 
which many readers may not find interesting. But we 
have already besought their toleration, of such chances in 
• our Prospectus. 
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