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Provisions and material for building are to be had at Ambon in 
sufficient quantities and have been provided immediately; but in 
other respects there is still much sufferance. 
The steamer ’s Jacob brought over to Amboina 27 wounded, whilst 
the Japara, by which boat the Resident and first medical officer 
went to the place of the disaster, conveyed 49 wounded from 
Amahei and Saparua. 
From Banda, where the pier before fort Nassau has been destroyed, 
satisfactory information has been received. 
According to preliminary reports the number of natives, killed 
by the disaster, amounts to 4000 and that of the wounded to 500. 
The natives who survived have fled to the inland country and 
do not venture to come back to their hamlets: there is much agita- 
tion everywhere, where the effect of the earth- and seawaves has 
been felt. The petroleum-establishment at Bulobay has not suffered 
any damage.” 
2. The seismograms, received from Dr. Friaee, show that this 
earth-quake has been registered very neatly at the Royal Observ- 
atory at Batavia. 
As far as I know this is the first case that an earth-quake, origin- 
ating in the Molucco’s has been observed at Batavia by means 
of Milne’s seismograph. The motion commences abruptly at 0» 14™,6 
Batavia time, which corresponds to 1 43™,5 local time, the. diffe- 
rence in longitude between Amahei and Batavia being 1 28,7. 
3. On the 29% of September an earth-quake has been also reg- 
istered in the new Imperial Central-station for seismology at Strass- 
burg by the Rebeur- Ehlert pendulums and also at Dr. Scutrr’s 
seismic Institute at Hamburg. 
Professor GERLAND at Strassburg has kindly forwarded the fol- 
lowing dates, reduced to Greenwich time. 
Strassburg. Batavia. 
m m 
Beginning (about) 175 23,5 17h 7,6 
m m 
Maximum 175 58,8 17h 29,6 
End (about) 18h 49,4 18h 23,0 
m m 
Duration 1h 25,9 1h 15,4 
Proceedings Royal Acad, Amsterdam, Vol. II. 
