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be excused if we prefer to shift the centre of gravity of the present 

 review to the more recent contributions, and sometimes put too much 

 weight on those researches made into byways departing from the 

 routine work pursued by the authorities of the E.I.C. 



Lastly, we hope we may be excused if we have sometimes 

 presumed to make here and there something akin to critical remarl-TS, 

 as such remarks seem to be allowed for writers in our position, in 

 order to relieve their writings from the utter dryness of a veritable 

 catalogue of scientific literature. 



The following is the key to the abbi'eviations of the names of 

 the scientific periodicals cited : 



Ho. Sinsai-yobo-tyosakwai-hokoku (Rejtort of the 



Imperial Earthquake Investigation Com- 

 mittee), in Japanese. 



Pub. Publications of the E.I.C, in Foreign 



Languages. 



Bull. Bulletin of the E.I.C, (English). 



Seism. N. Seismological Notes, E.LC, (English). 



Journ. Coll. Fci. Tok. Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo 



Imperial University, (English and other 

 languages). 



Journ. Fac. Sci. Tok. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Tokyo 



Imperial University, (English and other 

 languages). 



Mem. K^'o. Memoirs of the College (>f Science and 



Engineering, (later College of Science), 

 Kyoto Imperial University, (English and 

 other languages). 



Sci. Rep. Toh. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imj^erial 



University, (English and other languages). 



T.S.B.K. Tokyo Siigaku-Buturigakkwai Kiji (Proceed- 



ings of the Tokyo Mathematico-Physical 

 Society), (English and other languages). 



N.S.B.K. Nippon Sugaku-Buturigakkwai Kizi (Pro- 



ceedings of the Piiysico-Mathematical 

 Society of Japan), being the continuation 

 of the above. 



