MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES &C. 
In a letter received from China the writer regrets that his dis¬ 
tance from our field of observation precludes him from being a cor¬ 
respondent of any value. We would refer him, and all other resi¬ 
dents in China who are disposed to assist us, to the title of the Jour¬ 
nal, and to our prospectus and desiderata. There are and have been 
too many intimate relations of various sorts between China and the 
Indo-Chinese and Archipelagic oountiies to admit of our confining 
our attention to the latter, even if our plan did not embrace the 
former, and we shall highly esteem any contributions or notes upon it* 
A literary annual has been commenced at Batavia under the edi¬ 
torship of Dr. Munnich. It contains a very considerable variety of 
pieces in prose and verse, many of which possess much merit. 
Maxima and Minima of atmospherical temperature at Singapore 
January, 1848. 
Mean 
{ 
Min. 71- 63^ 
Max. 84. 41 
Min. 
rgjsiSB 
Max. 
; 
Min. 
Max. 
1 
m 
77 
17 
70* 
85 
2 
73* 
77 
18 
72* 
87 
3 
m 
85 
19 
09* 
88 
4 
70* 
83 
20 
73* 
84 
5 
72* 
78! 
21 
70 
85 
6 
7li 
82 
22 
72* 
86 
7 
no 
obs. 
23 
74 ■ 
84 
8 
71* 
84! 
24 
72! 
85 
9 
71 
25 
71 
SB 
10 
70* 
86 
26 
72* 
84 
11 
72 t 
84! 
27 
70* 
82f 
12 
72 
85! 
28 
71 
86 
13 
82 
29 
71! 
88 
14 
71 1 
/ * 2 
84! 
30 
m 
88* 
15 
72! 
87 
31 
71! 
86 
16 
71! 
.J. Ib. h. 
* By day and night self-registering horizontal thermometers (Trough- 
ten and Simms) placed in the shade in an open verandah at Rochor Cot¬ 
tage, facing the Race Course. 
