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E:irt!i(|uake reports from District Offices ;iii(l other stations in the 

 Aiclii Prefecture, i.e., m tlie two provinces of Owarl and Mikawa, 

 liave been sent in satisfactorily, and tlie ninnl)ers of shocks for these 

 as tabulated above are practically correct. The nunil)ers as recorded 

 at the Gifu Meteorological Station and tliree District Offices in eastern 

 Mino, namely, those at Mitake, Takayama, and Nakatsug-avva, are also 

 accurate; the records at other stations in the province, however, ;n'e 

 imperfect and give only the numl)ers of stronger shocks. 



During 1<S!)1 and 1S1)2 the greatest number of earthipiakes was 

 recorded at Gifn. It is likely indeed that shocks may have been more 

 accurately recc/rded at a meteorological station than at District Offices, 

 but I believe the number of shocks was actually greatest in the 

 vicinity of Gifu for some time after the great earth<[uake. 



The records during 1892 for the six ]:>laces in the western part of 

 Mino, namely, Kitagata, Tbi, Tarui, Takata, Takasu, and Ogaki, were 

 month l)y month nearly alike, the highest seismic frequency having 

 occurred at Oi>aki and the lowest at Ibi and Tarui. Of the two 

 places in the central part <^f the province, namely, Takatomi and 



