CONTENTS OF VOL. XXX..

Council Report, Balance-Sheet for 1859, and Estimate for 1860

Library Regulations, List of Council, Officers, and Fellows

List of Public Institutions, &c., to which the Publications are presented

Individuals to whom the Royal Premium has been awarded

Accessions to Library and Map-rooms, with List of Donors

Instruments lent out. Presentation of Gold Medals ..

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[N.B. The Authors are alone responsible for the contents of their respective papers.]

ARTICLES.

1.-Journey to Mexico. By CH. SEVIN, Esq., F.R.G.S.

2.-Excursion to an Ancient Volcano in Mexico. By HENRY DE

SAUSSURE

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3.-Some Account of the Lake of Yojoa or Taulebé, in Honduras, Central

America. By E. G. SQUIER, Esq., of the United States of

America

4.-Explorations in Ecuador in the years 1856 and 1857. By GEORGE

JAMES PRITCHETT, Esq. ..

5.-Notes of a Voyage up the Yang-tze or Ta-Kiang, from Wusung to

Han-kow. By LAURENCE OLIPHANT, Esq., F.R.G.S.; with Chart

of the River by Captain SHERARD Osborn, r.n ̧ f.r.g.S., &c.

6.-Ascent of the Yang-tze-Kiang. By WILLIAM Blackney, r.n.

7.-On a New Projection of the Sphere. By Sir J. F. W. HERSCHEL,

Bart., K.H., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c. &c. ..

8.-Description of the Projection used in the Topographical Department

of the War Office for Maps embracing large portions of the

Earth's Surface

9.-A General Historical Description of the State of Human Society

in Northern Central Africa. By H. BARTH, Phil. D. ..

10.-Killimandjaro and the White Nile. By JAMES MACQUEEN, Esq.,

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11. Journeys of Silva Porto with the Arabs from Benguela to Ibo and

Mozambique through Africa. Nov. 26th, 1852, to January 22nd,

1853, and from June 9th, 1853, to August, 1854. By JAMES

MACQUEEN, Esq., F.R.G.S.

12.-Journey of Galvao da Silva to Manica Gold Fields, &c., in 1788,

with Description of the Country South of the Lower Zambeze.

By JAMES MACQUEEN, Esq., F.R.G.s.

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