﻿JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Part II.-PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 

 No. II.— 1874. 



Recoud of the Khairpue Meteorite of 23rd Sept. 1873. — By H. B. 



Medlicott, Esq., Officiating Superintendetit of the Geological 



Purvey of India. 



[Received July 1st, 1874.] 



At the meeting of January of this year several fine specimens were 

 exhihited of a meteorite that had fallen on the 23rd September, 1873, 

 partly in the State of Bhawalpur and partly in the Multan district, on 

 either side of the Sutlej. The largest pieces and the greatest number fell 

 close about the village of Khairpur, 72° 12' E. long., 29° 56' N. lat., 3G 

 miles east-north-east of Bhawalpur. It has hence been called the Khair- 

 pur Meteorite, though the name seems to be a very common one through- 

 out this region of the Punjab. As we are not likely to obtain any more 

 information on the subject, what has been received may be recorded. It is 

 not as exact as could be desired, but as much so as can usually be attained 

 without special inquiry on the spot. 



The position of the known falls have been recorded on maps, received 

 from Major Minchin, Political Agent for Bhawalpur, and from Captain Lang, 

 Deputy Commissioner for the Multan district. The number of stones that 

 fell about Khairpur is not mentioned. Five are accounted for, but from 

 the terms of the forwarding letters it may be inferred that othei's were 

 procured. On the Multan side. Captain Lang mentions the finding of 7 

 pieces, 4 at different spots near Gogewala well, close to E. S. E. of Mahomed 

 Moorut ; two at Khurampur on right bank of the Sutlej, and one at Araoli 

 two miles to N. W. of Khurampur. Of these one only is in known hands. 

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