HoGBEN. — On the EaytJiqiiaJie of December 5, 1881. 467 



Picmarks on the Above. 



Christchnrch.— To the newspaper accounts I might add luv 

 own observation, taken at Christchurch and noted at the time. 

 Jiut as, unfortunately, I cannot at present find the note in 

 question, I liave refrained from making any use of the observa- 

 tion in my calculations. As far as my memory serves, how- 

 ever, the note states that the time (afterwards checked by a 

 clock at Messrs. Coates and Co.'s) was 7.36 a.m. ; the direction 

 of the first shock, from between N.W. and N. ; its duration, 



