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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH APRIL, 1863.

CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF AEROLITES EXHIBITED IN

THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

[North Gallery, East end, cases A, B, C, and D.]

111

NOTE.The weights of all specimens that are above 1b. avoirdupois are inserted in the Catalogue; the average weight of the remainder is 490 grains. STONE AEROLITES.

1. November 7, 1492. 2. April 3. June 4. July

Ensisheim, France

11, 1715.

22, 1723.

3, 1753.

5. September 7, 1753. 6. September13, 1768. 7. November 20, 1768. 8. February 19, 1785. 9. October 13, 1787. 10. July 24, 1790.a.

11. June

12. December 13, 1795.

b.

Gartz, Schellin, Prussia Plaskowitz, near Reichstadt, Bohemia Tabor (Plan, Strkow), Bohemia.. Liponas, Ain, France

Lucé en Maine, Dep. de Sarth, France Manerkirchen, Austria Eichstadt, Bavaria Charkow (Bobrik), Russia Barbotan, Dép. des Landes, France Roquefort do.

Siena, Tuscany

Wold Cottage, Yorkshire

do.

lbs.

grs.

1

366

2526

4950

1

599

2750

16, 1794.

1720

47

4056

13. March 8, 1798.

14. December 13, 1798.

Sales, Villefranche, Dép. du Rhône, France Krakhut, Benares, India

2953

3362

15. April

8, 1803.

L'Aigle, Dép. de l'Orne, France.

2

1710

16. April 17. March

5, 1804.

High Possil, Glasgow, Scotland.

15, 1806.

Alais, Dép. du Gard, France

18. March

13, 1807.

Timochin, Smolensk, Russia

19. December 14, 1807.

Weston, Connecticut, U.S..

20. April 21. May

19, 1808.

22, 1808.a.

Casignano, near Borgo St. Donino, Parma Stannern, Moravia

1 3074

b.

Langenpiernitz, Moravia.

22. September 3, 1808. 23.

Lissa, Bohemia...

1808.

Moradabad, Bengal, India

3003

25. November 23, 1810.

Charsonville, Dép. du Loiret, France..

12, 1811.

Kuleschowka, Poltawa, Russia

8, 1811.

Berlanguillas, near Burgos, Spain.

10, 1812.

Grenade, Toulouse, France....

15, 1812.

24. August 1810.

26. March 27. July 28. April 29. April

30. August 5, 1812. 31. September10, 1813.

32. December 13, 1813.

33. September 5, 1814.

31. February 18, 1815.

35. October 3, 1815.

36. April

37. June 38. June 39. October 40. July 41. June

10, 1818.

42. November 30, 1822.

Mooresfort, Tipperary, Ireland

Erxleben, between Magdeburg and Helmstadt, Prussia. Chantonnay, Vendée, France Adare, Limerick Co., Ireland Lontalax, Wiburg, Finland

Agen, Dép. Lot et Garonne, France

Durala, Territory of the Patyala Raja, India Chassigny, near Langres, France Zaborzika, Volhynia, Russia

Seres, Macedonia, Turkey

1

2045

29

1818.

13, 1819.

Jonzac, Charente, France

13, 1819.

Politz, Gera.

12, 1820.

Lixna, Dunaburg, Witebsk, Russia

15, 1821.

Juvenas, Ardèche, France

Ι

688

a.

Futtehpore, Allaliabad, India..

5

3880

b.

Bittoor and Shahpore, 75 miles N.W. of Allahabad. Zebrak, near Horzowitz, Bohemia

2112

4483

2733

2359

43. October 14, 1824.

44. February 10, 1825.

45. September 14, 1825.

16. May 19, 1826.

Nanjemoy, Maryland, U.S...

Honolulu, Owhyhee, Sandwich Islands. Jekaterinoslaw, Russia

Mow, Ghazeepore, India.

Drake's Creek, Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

47. February 16, 1827.

48. May

9, 1827.

49. June

50. May 51. July 52. 53. June

54. August 55. April

56. June

18,

57. October 13, 1838.

4, 1828.

8, 1829.

Forsyth, Georgia, U.S.

1831.

Vouillé, near Poictiers, France

1832-3.

Umballa, India..

12, 1834.

Charwallas, near Hissar, India

4, 1835.

18,

1838.

Aldsworth, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire Akburpore, Saharanpore, India

1

2241

3

6011

6, 1838.

Chandakapoor, Berar, India,

1040

Cold Bokkeveldt, Cape of Good Hope

2

3718

8. February 18, 1839.

59. July 60. June 61. March 62. June 63. March

17, 1840.

Little Piney, Pulaski Co., Missouri, U.S. Cereseto, Casale, Piedmont..

12, 1840.

Uden, North Brabant..

22, 1841.

Grunberg, Heinrichsau, Prussian Silesia

12, 1841.

Château Renard, Dép. du Loiret, France

9

25, 1843.

Bishopville, S. Carolina, U.S..

1

1191

2, 1843.

Utrecht, Holland..

26,

1843.

Manegaon, Kandeish, India

8, 1846.

Assam, India

61. June

65. July a. April 67. May *. Found

February

24 July

29, 1844.

1846.

25, 1847.

4, 1848.

Killeter, County Tyrone, Ireland

Macerata, Monte Milone, Ancona

Linn Co., Iowa, U.S.

Marmande, Dép. Lot et Garonne, France,

2 1474

1

901