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Meteorites. 

 By Presentation : 

 Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire, fragments weighing 3 grams 

 of the 3i5 lb. mass which fell on 13 October^ 1914 : hy the Municipal 

 School of Technology J Manchester. 



Pseudo-meteorite from Nyasaland : hy Major F, B. Pearce. 



By Exchange : 



Felix J Perry Co., Alabama, a partly crusted fragment weighing 

 37 grams of the stone which fell on May 15, 1900. 



Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, a slice 

 weighing 132 grams of the stone found in 1901. (Probably fell 

 about 1876). 



Mount Vernon, Christian ( -o., Kentucky, a polished slice weigh- 

 ing 1,250 grams of the stony iron found about 1870. 



Plainvieiv, Hale Co., Texas, a crusted fragment weighing 35 

 grams of one of the stones found in 1917. 



San Emigdio Movntains, San Bernardino Co., California, several 

 fragments weighing together 33 grams of the stone known in 1887. 



Scoff City, Scott Co., Kansas, a crusted slice weighing 130 

 grams of the stone found in 1911. 



Y((nhnitlan, Oaxaca, Mexico, an etched slice weighing 305 grams 

 of the iron known before 1825. 



Jjy Purchase : 



Blifhfield, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada, cast of the stone found 

 in 1910.' 



Kilhourn, Columbia Co., Wisconsin, fragments weighing alto- 

 gether 1 gram of the stone which fell on June 16, 1911. 



Mount Edith, Ashburton, Western Australia, a slice weighing 

 145 grams of the iron found in 1913 ; also a cast of the whole 

 mass. 



Plainvieiv, Hale Co., Texas, a complete stone weighing 2,793 

 grams found in 1917. 



Sants Valley, Jackson Co., Oregon, U.S.A., a slice weighing 

 94 grams of the iron found in 1894. 



Skookum Gulch, Bonanza Creek, Klondike, Yukon, Canada, a 

 slice weighing 362^ grams of the iron found in 1905 at a depth 

 of 65 feet in auriferous gravel of Pliocene age. 



VIII. — -Donations of JJuplicates. 



Duplicate specimens of minerals have been given to the Red 

 Cross Camp at Netley, Hants, the Canon bury Church Schools, and 

 mineral ores from Peru and gold-quartz from Australia to the Geo- 

 logical Department of the Imperial College of Science and Techno- 

 logy. 



9 duplicate Meteorite casts have been given to the Public 

 Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 

 and fragments of various silver, copper, and lead minerals to the 

 Department of Scientific Research and Experiment of the Admiralty. 



