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  B. 
  329 
  

  

  and 
  from 
  two 
  feet 
  to 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  wide. 
  In 
  the 
  Kandi 
  subdivision, 
  about 
  25 
  

   fissures 
  discharging 
  black 
  clay, 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  to 
  be 
  observed 
  near 
  Chandipur 
  

   in 
  thana 
  (iokurna. 
  These 
  fissures 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  from 
  200 
  to 
  600 
  feet 
  

   long 
  and 
  from 
  three 
  feet 
  to 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  wide. 
  In 
  the 
  Jangipur 
  subdivision 
  

   fissures 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  Bhagirathi 
  discharging 
  black 
  sand. 
  

   There 
  were 
  also 
  cracks 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  near 
  Rajanagar 
  which 
  discharged 
  black 
  sand. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  312"], 
  dated 
  Dacca, 
  the 
  15th 
  November 
  1897, 
  from 
  the 
  Magistrate 
  

   of 
  Dacca, 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Dacca 
  Division. 
  

  

  In 
  continuation 
  of 
  my 
  No. 
  2140, 
  dated 
  20th 
  July 
  1897, 
  and 
  with 
  reference 
  

   to 
  your 
  No. 
  1300, 
  dated 
  26th 
  August 
  1897, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  forward 
  a 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  showing 
  thana 
  by 
  thana 
  the 
  information 
  asked 
  for 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Oldham. 
  

  

  2. 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  apologise 
  for 
  the 
  delay 
  which 
  has 
  occurred 
  in 
  submitting 
  this 
  

   report, 
  which 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  papers 
  being 
  mislaid 
  by 
  my 
  office. 
  

  

  Fissures 
  in 
  the 
  Earth. 
  

  

  Sabhar. 
  — 
  Public 
  road 
  about 
  16 
  haths 
  long, 
  near 
  village 
  Kalinao-ar 
  has 
  

  

  subsided. 
  

   Kapasia.— 
  Several 
  dhan 
  and 
  jute 
  khets 
  in 
  village 
  Nandia 
  have 
  sub- 
  

   sided. 
  

   Nawabganj.— 
  Land 
  from 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  in 
  village 
  Baldi 
  to 
  the 
  Ichal 
  

  

  about 
  1 
  \ 
  feet 
  broad, 
  has 
  subsided. 
  

   Rupganj.— 
  Some 
  places 
  in 
  villages 
  Hargaon, 
  Chaipara, 
  Ballabdi, 
  

  

  Shukerail, 
  Badhurpur 
  bit, 
  Char 
  Rahimuddi, 
  Natubdi, 
  Tarail, 
  have 
  

  

  subsided. 
  

   Narsingdi 
  outpost.— 
  Several 
  places 
  from 
  Kharua 
  river 
  to 
  Hatidoa 
  

  

  river 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Narsingdi 
  road 
  have 
  subsided. 
  Some 
  

  

  lands 
  in 
  village 
  Char 
  Bhagalia 
  have 
  subsided. 
  

   Manikganj 
  Station.— 
  Some 
  parts 
  of 
  river 
  bank 
  in 
  village 
  Bhadar 
  have 
  

  

  cracked. 
  Some 
  pieces 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  Shaitya 
  have 
  subsided. 
  

  

  Some 
  parts 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  Samabari 
  have 
  subsided. 
  

   Munshiganj.— 
  Several 
  places 
  in 
  villages 
  Char 
  Balaki, 
  Char 
  Kajuli 
  and 
  

  

  Baisagram 
  have 
  been 
  cracked. 
  Several 
  pieces 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  

  

  Raipur 
  have 
  subsided. 
  

   Srinagar. 
  — 
  A 
  piece 
  of 
  12nd, 
  about 
  2,000 
  haths 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  3 
  haths 
  in 
  

  

  breadth 
  in 
  village 
  Janginagar, 
  has 
  subsided. 
  

  

  A 
  piece 
  of 
  land, 
  about 
  40 
  haths 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  40 
  haths 
  in 
  breadth 
  

  

  has 
  subsided. 
  

  

  Outpourings 
  of 
  Sand 
  and 
  Water. 
  

   KERANiGANJ.-In 
  village 
  Jinjira, 
  land 
  6 
  haths 
  long 
  and 
  i\ 
  haths 
  in 
  breadth 
  

   has 
  cracked, 
  and 
  black 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  was 
  thrown 
  up. 
  In 
  some 
  

   seven 
  places 
  in 
  a 
  char 
  of 
  the 
  Dhaleswari 
  river, 
  about 
  1 
  or 
  if 
  p 
  a 
  Tchi 
  

   of 
  land 
  have 
  subsided 
  \\ 
  to 
  3 
  feet; 
  water 
  and 
  black 
  sand 
  were 
  

   thrown 
  up. 
  About 
  3 
  pakhis 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  village 
  Washpur 
  have 
  

  

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