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necessity of promoting the study of the phenomena with more scient- 

 ific thoroughness has strongly appealed to every thinking mind, not 

 only among scienlists, but also of the Government as well as of the 

 general public. The Department of Education, in conjunction with 

 the Imperial Universities, held council to deliberate upon the im- 

 mediate reorganization of the E.I.C., and at last decided on the 

 foundation of a new Earthquake Eesearch Institute with the colla- 

 boration of the Universities. The original E.I.C. was to be dissolved 

 and an advisory council organized in its place. The members of the 

 Eesearch Institute will consist of some veteran seismologists and a 

 number of younger members who can devote their activities exclusively 

 to research work, without being distracted by other duties. Prof. 

 I\. Suyehiro who has ])layed an active part in jn'omoting the founda- 

 tion of the Institute was recently appointed as tlie first Director. 

 Those who are acquainted with his numerous works and his former 

 activity as the Director of the Mitubisi Eesearch Institute will 

 not hesitate to foretell a prosperous future for the newborn 

 institute. 



Together with this, a Course of Seismology in the Faculty of 

 Science, Tokyo Imperial University, has been newly established and 

 the Chair of Seismology has now been connected with its own special- 

 ist students, to enjoy an independent existence as a site of academic 

 education. 



We may now entertain the hope that seismology in this country 

 will take a fresh start by the active co-operation of the younger 

 generation and the seeds sown by John Milne in the early days of its 

 existence will now send up new shoots in the fertile ground of modern 

 physical science. To borrow the words of Milne, the recent destructive 

 earthquake has been thus " after all, a blessing in disguise." 



Turning now to the main object of the present note and endea- 

 vouring to give a summary of the results of the investigations made 

 in this country, the writers feel most keenly the difficulty of the 

 tasks charged upon them. The materials to be passed under review 

 are too abundant to allow a recondite summary in the number of 

 pages here allotted, without failing to do justice to some one or other 

 of the important works of different investigators. Fortunately, Baron 

 Kikuchi's monograph above cited is before us and this has summarized 

 everything of significance rendered up to 1904. We may therefore 



