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SEISMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA. 



invite any one interested in the subject to communicate with a 

 member of the Committee resident in his own Colony, or with 

 the Secretary, George Hogben, Timaru, N.Z. 



Form of Earthquake Memorandum adopted. 



EarthquaJie at N.Z. Bate 189 



[Please answer precisely any or all of the following Questions.] 



]. Time of beginning of shock. 

 If possible N.Z. Mean Time. 



2. Whether clock was verified 

 by N.Z. Mean Time. 



3. Natm'e of shock — slight, 

 sharp, or severe. 



4. Apparent direction — [f-fj' 

 — S.E. to N.W.; then N.E. to 

 S.W.] 



5. Apparent duration. 



6. Effects. [e.f/. — docks 

 stopped ; hells runr/ ; crockery 

 broken; chimneys tltron-ndown.'] 



7. Remarks. [e-g. previous 

 tremors or ruvibling ; spilling of 

 liquids, with direction of over- 

 flow; landslip in neighbourhood; 

 special instruments used in obser- 

 vation.] 



Signature of Observer _ 

 Address . 

 Date 



