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  able 
  to 
  carry 
  away 
  at 
  once. 
  It 
  is 
  extremely 
  likely 
  therefore 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  rivers 
  

   rise 
  again 
  next 
  rainy 
  season, 
  if 
  the 
  rainfall 
  should 
  be 
  normal 
  or 
  at 
  all 
  above 
  the 
  

   normal, 
  unprecedented 
  floods 
  will 
  occur, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  considerable 
  

   changes 
  may 
  take 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  rivers. 
  Moreover, 
  as 
  a 
  consequence 
  

   of 
  the 
  enormous 
  landslips 
  that 
  have 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Surma 
  

   valley, 
  the 
  hill 
  rivers 
  are 
  bringing 
  down 
  an 
  enormous 
  quantity 
  of 
  silt, 
  and 
  this 
  will 
  

   tend 
  to 
  raise 
  further 
  still 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  in 
  the 
  plains. 
  I 
  have 
  already 
  called 
  

   the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  Chief 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Assam 
  to 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  there 
  being 
  

   very 
  high 
  floods 
  in 
  Sylhet 
  next 
  year. 
  

  

  2. 
  Report 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Hayden, 
  Assistant 
  Superintendent, 
  Geological 
  

   Survey 
  of 
  India. 
  

  

  Calcutta, 
  Northern 
  Bengal. 
  

  

  Calcutta. 
  — 
  The 
  area 
  dealt 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  includes 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Calcutta 
  lying 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Theatre 
  Road, 
  Park 
  Street 
  Cemetery, 
  

   Lower 
  Circular 
  Road, 
  Harrington 
  Street, 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  Alipur 
  Lane. 
  The 
  notes 
  

   refer 
  almost 
  entirely 
  to 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  earthquake 
  on 
  the 
  houses 
  comprised 
  in 
  the 
  

   above 
  areas 
  ; 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  places 
  to 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  were 
  visited 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  company 
  

   with 
  Mr. 
  LaTouche, 
  who 
  has, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  already 
  handed 
  in 
  the 
  chief 
  observations 
  

   of 
  scientific 
  value. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  fallen 
  objects; 
  observations 
  

   were 
  taken 
  of 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  Cathedral 
  spire 
  and 
  portions 
  of 
  two 
  

   tombs 
  in 
  Park 
  Street 
  old 
  cemeteries, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  minor 
  importance, 
  chiefly 
  

   relating 
  to 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  portions 
  of 
  walls. 
  Measurements, 
  etc., 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  La 
  Touche, 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  Cathedral 
  spire 
  and 
  certainly 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  monu- 
  

   ments 
  in 
  Park 
  Street 
  Cemetery, 
  i)ie., 
  that 
  of 
  Sir 
  Wm. 
  Jones. 
  The 
  other 
  tomb 
  was 
  

   also 
  examined 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  him, 
  but 
  having 
  noted 
  down 
  the 
  results 
  

   myself, 
  I 
  shall 
  give 
  them 
  here 
  in 
  case 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  already 
  done 
  so. 
  The 
  monu- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  Park 
  Stfeet 
  Cemetery, 
  and 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  

   Mary 
  Ann 
  Wiltshire 
  (1822). 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  massive 
  cuboidal 
  structure, 
  built 
  of 
  brick 
  

   and 
  mortar, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  somewhat 
  pyramidal 
  upper 
  portion, 
  which 
  was 
  sur- 
  

   mounted 
  by 
  an 
  urn. 
  This 
  urn, 
  which 
  was 
  merely 
  made 
  of 
  plaster 
  built 
  upon 
  a 
  

   cylindrical 
  iron 
  rod, 
  was 
  thrown 
  down 
  to 
  S 
  24I 
  W. 
  Another 
  monument 
  in 
  

   Park 
  Street 
  old 
  cemetery 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that, 
  although 
  probably 
  

   broken 
  previously 
  to 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  yet 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  fall 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  shock. 
  

   Although 
  it 
  was 
  carefully 
  examined 
  by 
  Mr. 
  LaTouche 
  and 
  myself, 
  we 
  could 
  

   find 
  no 
  Indications 
  of 
  the 
  fracture 
  being 
  a 
  recent 
  one 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  it 
  had 
  every 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  condition 
  for 
  some 
  years. 
  

  

  Among 
  buildings, 
  the 
  worst 
  falls 
  in 
  this 
  neighbourhood 
  took 
  place 
  at 
  No. 
  8, 
  

   Circular 
  Road, 
  and 
  No. 
  44, 
  Circular 
  Road. 
  

  

  At 
  No. 
  8, 
  Circular 
  Road, 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  fell 
  out 
  to 
  

   the 
  north, 
  while 
  very 
  bad 
  cracks 
  also 
  ran 
  through 
  the 
  house 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south. 
  

  

  The 
  Baptist 
  Chapel, 
  No. 
  44, 
  Circular 
  Road, 
  was 
  badly 
  damaged, 
  and 
  the 
  root 
  

   of 
  the 
  porch 
  fell 
  in. 
  The 
  building 
  faces 
  E 
  7 
  N. 
  

  

  The 
  porch, 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Baptist 
  Minister, 
  was 
  a 
  subsequent 
  

  

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