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1735 30 April . . L.'s eldest child dies. 



1740 6-10 Nov. .. L. makes excursion inland. 



1741 — . . L. returns to Batavia. 



1744 2 Mar. . . L. leaves Batavia for Macassar as Governor. 



,, 24 Mar. . . L. arrives at Macassar as Governor. 



[1747 Dec] . . L. appointed councillor extraordinary of 

 N. I. 



1750 [17 Oct.] .. L. leaves Macassar for Batavia. 



1752 [Mar.] .. L. sent as commissary to Batavia. 



[ April . . L. returns to Batavia.] 



19 July . . L.'s daughter married at Batavia to Dirk 

 Willem van der Brugghen. 



,, — L. leaves Batavia for Ceylon as Governor. 



30 Sept. . . L. arrives at Colombo. 



1754 24 Mar. . . L.'s grandson born at Colombo. 



[ Oct.] . . L. appointed councillor ordinary of India. 



1755 30 July . . L.'s grandson dies at Colombo. 

 ,, 10 Aug. .. L.'s wife dies at Colombo. 



1756 15 May . . L.'s daughter dies at Batavia. 



1757 18 Mar. . . L. leaves Ceylon for Batavia. 



1758 — . . L. leaves Batavia for Holland. 



— L.'s son-in-law leaves Batavia for Holland. 



,, June . . L. arrives in Holland. 



1763 — . . L. visits France for health. 



1765 4 July . . L. married at Banstead to Letitia Cotes. 



1770 7 Oct. . . L.'s son-in-law dies at Utrecht. 



1775 4 Nov. . . L. leaves for Cape of Good Hope. 



1776 17 Feb. . . L. arrives at Cape of Good Hope. 



1777 7 Mar. . . L. leaves Cape of Good Hope for Holland. 



13 June .. L. arrives at Texel. 

 1778 13 Oct. . . L. bequeaths paintings, &c, to Dutch 



Society of Sciences, Haarlem. 

 1789 25 Feb. . . L. dies at Utrecht. 

 1810 11 June . . L.'s widow dies. 



It will have been noticed that Mr. van Houten gives no in- 

 formation regarding Loten's history from the time of his birth 

 until his departure for the East Indies in his twenty-second 

 year ; and I am unable to throw any light on this period of his 

 life. Nor can I add to the details furnished by Mr. van Houten 

 concerning Loten's career in the East, beyond those I have 

 given in footnotes to his two papers. As regards the third 

 and longest portion of his life, I can supply a few additional 



