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6th and the minimum was 0.16, of an inch ; the morning and after- 

 noon observations giving the same results. The weather has been settled 

 since the 7th November. Before the 7th the wind was settled to 

 about NE., and variable, afterwards veering about from N. at W. 

 but in no regular manner ; since the 26th it has settled at NE. 

 and East again. I believe an abstract of the observations of pressure 

 would be of no use, as from the great height of this place, 3,250 feet 

 above the sea, they would not be comparable with any other set. I 

 do not therefore forward them. 

 Royacotta, 4th December, 1839. 



Report of G. A. Smith, Esq. Collector of Coringa, to the Secretary to 

 Government, General Department. 

 Sir, — I have the honour to submit the annexed statement of re- 

 marks made by myself at the time at Samulcottah, about eight miles 

 inland; those made by the Superintendent of the Lighthouse on Hope 

 Island, off Coringa, and the extracts from the logs of the " Jane" and 

 <( Indian Queen," relative to the storm which visited the Rajamun- 

 dry district, on the night of the 16th ultimo. It has been observed 

 to me, that though the inundation of the sea was attributable to the 

 East wind, and had that continued a short time longer the conse- 

 quences would have been still more disastrous, yet that the wind 

 was actually stronger, and more damage was done to houses, &c. 

 after it shifted to the SE. This is also borne out by my own ob- 

 servations, since made, on the manner in which property has been 

 damaged in different places; but still both remarks may be correct 

 with reference to- the positions in which they were made, particularly 

 as the latter part of the storm came principally in gusts. The oldest 

 inhabitants remember a storm of a like nature, and equally disas- 

 trous in its consequences, which visited this district in the year 1787, 

 since that time, there have been storms and inundations at intervals, 

 the last having been on the 10th May 1832, but nothing in compa- 

 rison with the present. 



Observations of George A. Smith, Esq. Collector of the District 

 of Rajamundry, on the storm of 16th November 1839. 

 On the night of the 16th instant, this district was visited by a 

 most awful storm, attended by an inundation of the sea, which has 





