| Description | Encloses samples of ashes and dust collected onboard HMS Hope by Mr Julius Pranz on 27 August 1883.
Refering to exceprts from Pranz's journal, she answers questions poised in relation to the authority used for splitting off the island off Anir[sic.] and the probability of whether his is the first experience of particles of floating dust. Discusses Pranz's sighting of floating pumice stone in the Indian Ocean as useful observation. |