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selves the pleasure of making 1 a short extract from Dr. Munuieh’s 
letter. It will be perceived from it that the publication of the Ar- 
chief has been suspended for the present. We sincerely hope, for the 
interests of science, that a work so important in itself, and so hono¬ 
rable to Netherlands India, will speedily be continued. 
“ We regret however to observe, that, some difficulties lately arisen, 
independent of the editors, have obliged us to relinquish temporarily 
our labour ; nevertheless we hope that the obstacle we have encoun¬ 
tered will soon be removed, and that, In a short space of time, we 
shall be enabled to resume the task, commenced with sufficient zeal, 
but at the same time attended with unexpected troubles, which as 
yet we have not been able to surmount. In that case we shall give 
ourselves the pleasure of forwarding to you regularly the numbers 
of our new series, 
“ We trust your undertaking, of whose object we cannot speak too 
highly, will meet with the success and encouragement it so much 
deserves. We scarely need to add how much we feel concerned in 
your efforts to extend the spread of science and civilization among the 
population of this vast and still so imperfectly known part of the globe ; 
—indeed, science is not bound to any country or nation; its interest 
is common to all, and, on this consideration we take the liberty of 
requesting you to forward to us by the first opportunity convenient 
to you a few numbers of your prospectus, trusting to find by a regular 
circulate n here, or in some other part of our possessions, subscri¬ 
bers to your journal,” 
rmslED at TUB MISSION PRESS,—-SIXL-&FORV,• 
