Meteorite From New

Ireland.

On January 31 of this year, at 4.30 p.m., the natives working on Mr. H. L.

Cameron’s plantation on Djaul Island, near New Ireland, New Guinea, were startled by a series of explosions and a burst of flame in the sky.

A meteor had entered the atmosphere and became shattered into pieces. One of the natives picked up a fragment, weighing six ounces, and handed it to Mr, Cameron, who, realising its import ance, presented it to the Sydney Mu seum, and to him must be given the credit of obtaining the first meteorite found in the Territory of New Guinea.

The meteorite is now being investi gated and a full description will be pre pared for the records, but reference may be made here to some of the features presented by this interesting fall. In several respects, it resembles the “Mor ristown” meteorite, found in Hamblin Co., Tennessee, U.S.A., and one of its most striking characteristics is that it may be divided into two portions in respect of composition and grain size.

Australian Museum Magazine.