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  At 
  Rangoon 
  the 
  tide-gauge 
  shows 
  a 
  disturbance 
  of 
  the 
  curve 
  

   commencing 
  at 
  about 
  5I1. 
  36m. 
  P.M. 
  local 
  time, 
  and 
  lasting 
  till 
  6 
  P.M. 
  

   As 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  Observatory 
  at 
  Rangoon 
  the 
  time 
  is 
  presumably 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  Telegraph 
  office 
  and 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  correction 
  of 
  64 
  minutes 
  

   given 
  in 
  the 
  Telegraph 
  Guide. 
  This 
  would 
  make 
  the 
  Madras 
  time 
  of 
  

   commencement 
  i6h. 
  32m. 
  This 
  record 
  is, 
  however, 
  not 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  

   that 
  could 
  be 
  wished 
  for, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   turbance 
  of 
  the 
  curve 
  cannot 
  be 
  determined 
  within 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   minutes. 
  It 
  begins 
  gradually, 
  instead 
  of 
  abruptly, 
  as 
  in 
  Calcutta, 
  and 
  

   the 
  inking 
  in 
  of 
  the 
  pencil 
  trace 
  having 
  been 
  done 
  somewhat 
  clum- 
  

   sily 
  has 
  added 
  an 
  uncertainty 
  to 
  that 
  which 
  would, 
  in 
  any 
  case, 
  have 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  the 
  exact 
  commencement 
  of 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   turbance 
  which 
  began 
  gradually. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  time 
  observations, 
  or 
  such 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  have 
  been 
  

   selected 
  as 
  being, 
  prima 
  facie 
  , 
  probably 
  more 
  accurate 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  

   may 
  now 
  be 
  recorded. 
  When 
  a 
  place 
  is 
  mentioned 
  as 
  a 
  railway 
  

   station 
  and 
  no 
  further 
  authority 
  is 
  given, 
  the 
  time 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  

   authority 
  of 
  the 
  Station 
  Master 
  ; 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  cases 
  the 
  authority 
  

   for 
  the 
  time 
  recorded 
  is 
  given. 
  

  

  Siliguri. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  Bengal 
  State 
  Railway, 
  terminus, 
  and 
  junction 
  

   with 
  Darjeelingand 
  Himalayan 
  railway 
  : 
  commenced 
  i6-26,ended 
  16-30. 
  

  

  Goalundo.— 
  Eastern 
  Bengal 
  State 
  Railway, 
  terminus 
  : 
  commenced 
  

   16-27, 
  ended 
  16-32. 
  

  

  Sonada 
  (Darjiling), 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Livermore, 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  Turzum 
  

   Tea 
  estate, 
  Nagri 
  spur, 
  writes— 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  an 
  excellent 
  timekeeper 
  

   which 
  I 
  frequently 
  compare 
  with 
  the 
  local 
  telegraph 
  office. 
  The 
  earth- 
  

   quake 
  commenced 
  at 
  4-58 
  P.M." 
  This 
  corresponds 
  to 
  i6h. 
  26m. 
  

   Madras 
  time. 
  

  

  Darjiling.— 
  Darjeeling 
  and 
  Himalayan 
  railway, 
  a 
  terminal 
  station: 
  

   commenced 
  16-26, 
  ended 
  16-29. 
  

  

  Hugli. 
  — 
  East 
  Indian 
  Railway, 
  a 
  junction 
  : 
  commenced 
  16-27, 
  ended 
  

   I6-32. 
  

  

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