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SBRAS July 1878 [1] List of Members .................................................................................................... i Proceedings of the Society .................................................................................. ii Rules of the Society .......................................................................................... viii Inaugural Address of the President by the Ven. Archdeacon Hose M.A. ............. 1 Distribution of Minerals in Sarawak by A. Hart Everett ................................... 13 Breeding Pearls by N.B. Dennys Ph.D. ............................................................... 31 Dialects of the Melanesian Tribes of the Malay Peninsula by M. de Mikluho-Maclay ........................................................................... 38 Malay Spelling in English Report of the Govt. Committee (reprinted) ............ 45 Geography of the Malay Peninsula, Pt I by A.M. Skinner ................................. 52 Chinese Secret Societies, Pt I by W.A. Pickering .............................................. 63 Malay Proverbs, Pt I by W.E. Maxwell ............................................................. 85 The Snake-eating Hamadryad by N.B. Dennys Ph.D. ......................................... 99 Gutta Percha and Caoutchouc by H.J. Murton ................................................ 106 Miscellaneous Notices Wild tribes of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago ............................... 108 The Semang and Sakei tribes of Kedah and Perak ................................... 111 Antiquities of Province Wellesley ............................................................ 114 Toba, in Sumatra ...................................................................................... 115 Siamese Titles ........................................................................................... 117 Meteorological Returns, 1877 .................................................................. 119 SBRAS December 1878 [2] List of Members .................................................................................................... i Annual General Meeting .................................................................................... iii Report of the Council for 1878 .......................................................................... iv Report of Treasurer ........................................................................................... vii President’s Address ........................................................................................... ix The Song of the Dyak Head-feast by the Rev. J. Perham ............................... 123 Malay Proverbs, Pt II by W.E. Maxwell .......................................................... 136 A Malay Nautch by Frank A. Swettenham ...................................................... 163 Pidgin English by N.B. Dennys ....................................................................... 168 The Founding of Singapore by Sir T.S. Raffles ............................................... 175 Notes on two Perak Manuscripts by W.E. Maxwell ........................................ 183 The Metallisferous Formation of the Peninsula by D.D. Daly ........................ 194 1 Suggestions regarding a new Malay Dictionary by the Hon’ble C.J. Irving .. 199 Ethnological Excursions in the Malay Peninsula by N. Von Mikluho Maclay ....................................................................... 205 Miscellaneous Notices Geographical Notes .................................................................................. 222 Ascent of Bujang Malacca ........................................................................ 225 Pabei Pass, Rambau .................................................................................. 227 The Minerals of Sarawak, Note by Mr. Everett ....................................... 229 Semangs, letter of Professor —— ............................................................ 231 Capture of Ophiophagus Elaps ................................................................ 233 Ophiophagus Elaps in Perak .................................................................... 235 A Malay Kramat ....................................................................................... 236 Malay Dictionary ...................................................................................... 238 Meteorological Returns for 1878 .............................................................. 240 SBRAS July 1879 [3] List of Members .................................................................................................... i Proceedings ......................................................................................................... ii Chinese Secret Societies by W.A. Pickering Malay Proverbs, Pt III by W.E. Maxwell ........................................................... 19 Notes on Gutta Percha by F.W. Burbidge, W.H. Treacher, H.J. Murton .......... 52 The Maritime Code of the Malays Reprinted from a Translation by Sir S. Raffles ........................................... 62 A Trip to Gunong Blumut by D.F.A. Hervey .................................................... 85 Caves at Sungei Batu in Selangor by D.D. Daly ............................................. 116 Geography of Achin Translated from the German by Dr. Beiber .................. 120 Account of a Naturalist’s Visit to Selangor by A.J. Hornaday ....................... 124 Miscellaneous Notices Geographical Notes ......................................................................................... 132 Routes from Selangor to Pahang .............................................................. 132 Mr. Deane’s Survey Report ...................................................................... 135 A Tiger’s Wake ........................................................................................ 139 Breeding Pearls ......................................................................................... 140 The Maritime Code, and Sir S. Raffles .................................................... 143 Meteorological Returns ............................................................................ 145 2 SBRAS December 1879 [4] List of Members ................................................................................................... v Proceedings, General Meeting, 13 October 1879 ........................................... viii Proceedings, Annual General Meeting, 30 January 1880 .................................. x Council’s Annual Report for 1879 ..................................................................... xi Treasurer’s Report for 1879 ............................................................................ xvi President’s Address ......................................................................................... xix Reception of Professor Nordenskjold ............................................................. xxii The Maritime Code by Sir Stamford Raffles, (Conclusion) ................................ 1 About Kinta by H.W.C Leech, L.L.B., F.C.D........................................................ 21 About Slim and Bernam by H.W.C. Leech, L.L.B., F.C.D. .................................. 34 The Aboriginal Tribes of Perak by W.E. Maxwell..................................................................... 46 The Vernacular Press in the Straits by E.W. Birch ............................................ 51 Miscellaneous Notes On the Guliga of Borneo by A. Hart Everett .............................................. 56 On the Name “Sumatra” ............................................................................. 58 A Correction ............................................................................................... 61 Register of Rainfall in the Straits Settlements and the Native States, 2nd Half-year of 1879 ................................................................................ 62 Register of Meteorological Oberservations taken in Singapore during the year 1879 ................................................................................... 63 SBRAS June 1880 [5] Selesilah (Book of the Descent) of the Rajas of Bruni by Hugh Low, C.M.G. ..... 1 Notes ............................................................................................................. 6 History of the Sultans of Bruni ..................................................................... 9 List of the Mahomedan Sovereigns of Bruni.............................................. 24 Historic Tablet ............................................................................................ 32 Acheh by G.P. Tolson ....................................................................................... 37 From Perak to Slim, and down the Slim and Bernam Rivers by F.A. Swettenham .................................................................................... 51 A Contribution to Malayan Bibliography by N.B. Dennys, Ph.D ....................... 69 Comparative Vocabulary of some of the Wild Tribes inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula, Borneo, & c. ...................................... 125 Miscellaneous Notes The Tiger in Borneo by A. Hart Everett ................................................... 157 3 SBRAS December 1880 [6] Some Account of the Independent Native States of the Malay Peninsula, Pt I by Frank A. Swettenham ........................................................................... 161 The Ruins of Boro Budur in Java by The Ven’ble Archdeacon G.F. Hose