APPENDIX C 



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The following tables shew the times (Greenwich mean) of the regis- 

 tration of the waves of some of the important disturbances: 



Victoria. 



Toronto. 



Unfortunately, the Toronto seismograph was dismounted during 

 the very large Mexican earthquake of March 26th and 27th, preparatory 

 to installing the instrupaent in another building. The disturbance of 

 September 2nd was caused by a submarine earthquake near the Aleutian 

 Islands, and reports concerning it are very meagre. That of October 

 16th was apparently also submarine, the centre of disturbance being 

 somewhere near the Friendly Islands. Reports regarding, the origin 

 of the disturbance are still lacking. 



Magnetic Observations. 



The self-recording instruments at the Agincourt Observatory have 

 been kept in continuous operation throughout the past year, and the 

 hourly ordinates obtained from the photographic traces of declination 

 and horizontal force have been tabulated. Xumerous determinations 

 of the absolute values of the magnetic elements have been made and 



