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Ninth Memoir on the Laiv of Storms in India. [No. 141. 



E. C. Ravenshaw, Esq., C. S., Commissioner of Revenue for the 

 Patna District, has obliged me with the following Notes from that 

 Station : — 



I observe there has been a heavy gale at Cuttack on the 2d instant, 

 which extended far into the interior. As it is probably connected 

 with a violent and continued gale experienced at this station, I en- 

 close the very imperfect notes made by me while it lasted. 



Date. 



Bar. 

 at 10$. 



Ther. 



Rain. 



Remarks. 



Oct. 2 ) 

 & 3 $ 



Not. 

 marked 











} Blowing fresh from East. 



„ 4 



29.81 



84 



.12 



Ditto ditto. 



„ 5 



29.73 



83 







/Ditto, at 6 p. M. rain commenced, continued 



t pouring all night. Gale increasing. 



r Gale continues, trees blown down in all direc- 



» 6 



29.5,1 



81 



4.50 



j tions, wind shifted to the South ; at 5 p. M. 



~\ to the West, from which quarter until mid- 











£ night it blew furiously, but with little rain. 



„ 7 



29.74 



79 



.12 



Calm. E. C. Ravenshaw. 



To Lieut. Chamier, of the Ordnance Department, I am obliged for 

 the following account of the Storm at Allahabad. 

 Possibly the following hasty Memo, of a gale of wind we had here 

 at the beginning of the month may prove useful, as a hint to other in- 

 formation : — 



Memo. 



October 1st and 2nd. — Strong Easterly winds and clouds, with oc- 

 casional showers. 



3rd. — Ditto ditto during the day, increased after sun-set, and dur- 

 ing the night blew a gale, towards morning (4th) moderated. 



4th. — Much the same as yesterday, with occasional heavy gusts and 

 showers. At 8 p. m. increased to a strong gale, wind East andE. N. E. 



5th — Eight o'clock a. m. gale from E. and E. N. E. very strong; 

 11-30, moderated, heavy showers; 4 p. m. strong wind from E. ; 

 7, moderate ; at midnight increased to a strong gale. 



Gth. — Gale continued from E. and E. N. E. till day-break, when it 

 decreased and commenced clearing up, the wind changing to N. E., 

 N. and finally West, in which quarter it remained nearly steady. 



Between the 1st and 6th, 1.74 inches of rain fell. 



