658 CATALOGUE OF DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKES 



Chile, Bolivia, W. Argentina), see Report, British Association, 

 1910. 



United States Records. — The records for the United States 

 were chiefly collected by Prof. Harry Fielding Reid, Johns 

 Hopkins University, Baltimore. He obtained his material from 

 the following sources : — Holden's Catalogue of Earthquakes on 

 the Pacific Coast, 1769 to 1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous 

 Collection, 1087, McAdie's Catalogue of Earthquakes on the 

 Pacific Coast, 1897 to 1906, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collec- 

 tion, part of Volume XLIX, Historical Notes on the Earthquakes 

 of New England 1688 to 1869, William T. Brigham, Memoirs 

 of Boston Society of Natural History, Volume II ; " Note 

 additionelle" by A. Lancaster, same ; Rockwood's lists in the 

 American Journal of Science ; Dr. E. Deckert's paper on " Die 

 Erdbebenherde, etc., von N or d- America, etc." in the " Gessell- 

 schaft fur Erdkunde," Berlin, 1902 ; C. D. Perrine, Earthquakes 

 in California, U.S. Geological Survey, 1895. 



Prof. W. H. Hobbs, in his volume on " Earthquakes," 

 describes certain heavy shocks. 



West Indian Records. — Records of West Indian earthquakes 

 have been largely taken from Government Reports printed in 

 Jamaica, after the destructive earthquake of January 14, 1907. 



Philippine Records. — A list of these has been published by 

 the Rev. Miguel Saderra Maso, S.J., Assistant Director of the 

 Weather Bureau in Manila. It contains an appendix for the 

 Marianas Islands. The entries run from 1599 to 1909. 



East Indian Records. — Long lists of earthquakes which 

 have taken place in the Dutch East Indies have been published 

 annually since the year 1865. They are by different authors 

 and are to be found in the "Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor 

 Nederlandsch Indie." 



Official Documents. — These are represented by a fairly 

 large collection of letters, registers and other papers referring 

 to destructive earthquakes in various parts of the world. They 

 were brought together by the Foreign, Colonial, and India 

 Offices, with the assistance of representatives of His Majesty's 

 Government in Foreign Countries, Colonies and Indian Empire. 



It is not for one moment supposed that this Catalogue is 

 free from omissions and mistakes. Should a reader notice 

 them I trust he will give me an opportunity of rectifying the 

 same either in the appendix now in preparation or in some 

 future publication. 



JOHN MILNE. 

 Shide, 



Isle of Wight, 

 England, 



February, 1912. 



