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to be used by all stations alike, as it was important that instruments of 

 the same kind and of the same degree of sensitiveness should be employed 

 for purposes of comparison.' 



32. Norioay : Hammerfe&t. 



Dr. F. Nansen very kindly offered his co-operation in an endeavour to 

 establish the station ' farthest north.' 



33. Ireland : iJuhlin. 



Professor W. F. Barrett is actively endeavouring to establish a station 

 in Ireland, towards which I understand that Lord Ardilaun has given 

 substantial support. 



It is interesting to note that this co-operation, and that referred to in 

 notes (4) and (5), followed lectures bearing on a seismic survey of the 

 world. 



II. Notes on Special Earthquakes. 

 34. Foreign, Colonial, and Indian Offices. 



I was able to inform the Foreign and Colonial Offices that the official 

 notification stating that there had been interruption of two West Indian 

 cables connecting us with Venezuela on December 31 probably referred 

 to the effects of a submarine earthquake, which happened at 11. .30 a.m. on 

 December 29 (see p. 214). I received letters of thanks for the information, 

 the correctness of which was not confirmed until March 1. 



From the Foreign, Colonial, and Indian Offices I have received many 

 communications relating to the establishment of instruments abroad and 

 other matters connected with the work of this committee. These are 

 referred to under other sections. 



35. Correspondence respecting EartJiqicakes in the West Indies. 



Mr. Secretary Chamberlain directed that the following two despatches 

 should be sent to me, adding that if I were disposed to interest myself in 

 the matter he would take steps to obtain information on points about 

 Avhich it might be deemed worth while to make inquiry. The first 

 despatch is from the Governor of the Leeward Islands, and the second 

 from the Administrator of Montserrat :— 



Springfield House, .St. Kitts : 

 February 28, 1898. 



Sir,— I have the honour to transmit to you the duplicate of a despatch 

 from the Commissioner of Montserrat reporting that several severe shocks 

 of earthquake have recently occurred in that island, which have caused 

 considerable damage to buildings, although it does not appear that any 

 lives have been sacrificed. 



2. Mr. Baynes remarks in paragraph 5 of his despatch that these 

 shocks of earthquake have been of frequent occurrence since the floods of 

 November, 1896 ; a fact to which I have had occasion to refer in previous 

 correspondence. 



