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LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
AND CHARING CROSS.
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CONTENTS OF VOL. XXV.
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REPORT, with Balance-Sheet for 1854, and Estimate for 1855
Library Regulations. List of Council, Officers, and Fellows
List of Public Institutions, &c., to which the Journals are presented
Individuals to whom the Royal Premium has been awarded
Accessions to the Library and Map-room, with List of Donors List of Instruments. Proceedings Presentation of Royal Awards
Anniversary Address, May 28, 1855. By the Earl of Ellesmere
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. lxvi-vii
[N.B. The Authors are alone responsible for the contents of their respective papers.]
ARTICLES.
1.-Geographical Notes, taken during a Journey in Persia in 1849 and
1850. By KEITH E. ABBOTT, Esq., H. M. Consul at Tehrán
2.-Explorations in South Africa, with Route from Walfisch Bay to
Lake Ngami, and Ascent of the Tiogé River. By CHARLES J.
ANDERSSON, Esq.
3.-Summary of an Exploring Trip up the Rivers Kwòra and Chàdda
(or Shadda) in 1854. By W. B. Baikie, m.d., r.n., f.r.g.s. 108
4.-A Journey from El-Mediná to Mecca down the "Darb el Sharki "
on the Eastern Road in September, 1853. By R. F. BURTON,
Lieut. Bombay Army
5.-Narrative of a Trip to Harar. By R. F. BURTON, Lieut. Bombay
Army.
6.-On the supposed Sources of the River Purus, one of the principal
Tributaries of the Amazons. By C. R. MARKHAM, Esq., F.R.G.s. 151
7.-Abstract of a Report made by Dr. R. A. PHILIPPI to the Govern-
ment of Chile, of a Journey into the Desert of Atacama
8.-Observations on the Coal Formation in Chile. By W. BOLLAERT, Esq.,
9.-On Western Australia. By AMOS SCOTT, of the Royal Sappers
and Miners
10.-On the Navigation of the River Murray. By Capt. THOS. CADELL
11.-Notes on the Passage of Hannibal across the Alps; and on the
Valley of Beaufort, in Upper Savoy. By Professor PAUL CHAIX,
of Geneva, Corresp.-F.R.G.s.
. 182
ARTICLES:
12.-On the Volcanic Mountains of Hawaii, Sandwich Islands. By
J. G. SAWKINS, Esq.
13.-Account of the Proceedings of H.M.S. Enterprise from Behring
Strait to Cambridge Bay. By Capt. R. COLLINSON, R.N., F.R.G.S.
14.-Account of the Jimma Country ..
16.-Explorations into the Interior of Africa. By the Rev. D. LIVINGSTON, LL.D. (Gold Medallist)
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17.-Mission to Central Africa. By ED. VOGEL, Phil. Dr.
18.-Arctic Explorations, with Information respecting Sir John Frank-
lin's missing Party. By Dr. JOHN RAE, F.R.G.S. (Gold Medallist)' 246
19.-Remarks on a series of Three-hourly Meteorological and other Ob-
servations made during a Passage from London to Algoa Bay,
from July to October, 1853. By Dr. P. C. SUTHERLAND, F.R.G.S. 256
20.-Narrative of a Journey from Cairo to Jerusalem, viâ Mount Sinai.
By the late Dr. GEO. A. WALLIN, Professor of Arabic at the
University of Helsingfors
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21.-A Chronological Table, comprising 400 Cyclonic Hurricanes which
have occurred in the West Indies and in the North Atlantic
within 362 Years, from 1493 to 1855; with a Bibliographical
List of 450 Authors, Books, &c., and Periodicals, where some in-
teresting Accounts may be found, especially on the West and
East Indian Hurricanes. By ANDRÉS POEY, Esq., of Ha-
INDEX
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ILLUSTRATIONS.