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ASTRONOMY, PROGRESS OF, IN 1891. 



Prof. Zona, of Palermo, Italy; to Dr. J. Spitaler, 

 of Vienna, Austria ; to Prof. F. W. Denning, of 

 Bristol, England; to M. Coggia, of Marseilles, 

 France ; and three times to Prof. E. E. Barnard, 

 of Mount Hamilton, California. 



No gold medal was awarded by the Royal As- 

 tronomical Society of England. 



Asteroids. Since the compilation of last 

 year's report, twenty-two of these small planets 

 have been discovered, eight of which have received 

 names. As no complete list has appeared, and 

 those of the text-books are erroneous in several 

 respects, a catalogue recognized by astronomers 

 as correct and complete to date is here given : 



