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operty, and is often used with regard to coinage inthe sense of the French fonds. He further says that the word Mil which originally means just, righteous, has in thisconnection the secondary meaning of equal weight, full weight,so that the inscription might be translated full weight currency,or legal tender. • I wish to point out that the figures of the accompanyingplate are faithful reproductions of the originals, in natural size,and that their indistinctness is not due to the photographer andprinter, but to the condition in which the coins were found.Only by examining the coins in different lights was it possibleto decipher their inscriptions. R. A. Soc, No. U, 1905.. 216 COINS FROM MALACCA. Explanation of the Plate : Fig. 1. Obverse See page 213 Fig. 1 A. Reverse of the same „ ., 214 Fig. 2. Obverse 33 33 33 Fig. 2 A. Reverse of the same 5! 33 33 Figs. , 3 and 4 Obverses 33 33 33 Figs. 3 A and 4 A Reverses of the same STRAITS BRANCH, ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. JOURNAL 44, PLATE I.

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H. HANITSCH. Tin Coins from Malacca. Lightning Conductors. G. E. V. Thomas, A. M. Inst. E. E. Notes on Material and Method of Erectingin the Straits Settlements. 1. The number of many-branched terminals and massiverods and cables of pure copper which adorn most of the build-ings, indicate that the importance of attempting to safeguardagainst the effect of lightning discharges is generally appreciat-ed. A study of the attempts too frequently reveals a consider-able lack of knowledge of modern methods. 2. Numerous cases which have come under the writers ob-servation are applications of a theory, which obtained generalcredence twenty or thirty years ago, that a conductor pro-tected a defined area bearing some direct relation to itsheight. A law to this effect was actually laid down andfound many adherents possibly because of its simplicity. 3. In other cases a quite disproportionate amount of atten-tion is paid to the earth connection, sometimes at the expenseof the material and work abo

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