﻿APPENDIX 
  B. 
  343 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  2g2, 
  dated 
  Manipur, 
  the 
  15th 
  September 
  iSgy, 
  from 
  A, 
  Porteous, 
  

   Esq., 
  I.C.S., 
  Officiating 
  Political 
  Agent 
  in 
  Manipur 
  and 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  to 
  the 
  Chief 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Assam. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  in 
  reply 
  to 
  your 
  memorandum 
  No. 
  5148-59 
  G., 
  dated 
  9th 
  

   August 
  1897, 
  to 
  state 
  that, 
  after 
  enquiry, 
  I 
  cannot 
  ascertain 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  

   any 
  instance 
  within 
  the 
  Manipur 
  State 
  of 
  either 
  earth 
  fissures, 
  outpourings 
  of 
  

   sand 
  or 
  water, 
  or 
  of 
  filling 
  up 
  of 
  river 
  channels 
  having 
  occurred 
  as 
  a 
  consequence 
  

   of 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  12th 
  June 
  last. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  3177, 
  dated 
  Silchar, 
  the 
  2nd 
  November 
  i8g7, 
  from 
  B. 
  B. 
  Neivbould, 
  

   Esq., 
  I.C. 
  S., 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Cachar,to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  to 
  the 
  Chief 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Assam. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  memorandum 
  No. 
  5148-59G., 
  dated 
  the 
  9th 
  August 
  

   1897, 
  asking 
  for 
  a 
  special 
  report 
  giving 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  

   fissures 
  in 
  earth 
  and 
  landslips 
  have 
  been 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  earthquake 
  of 
  12th 
  June 
  

   last, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  submit 
  herewith 
  a 
  statement 
  showing 
  the 
  information 
  

   wanted 
  as 
  precisely 
  as 
  is 
  possible. 
  

  

  In 
  Katigora 
  tahsil 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fissures 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  covered 
  by 
  outpourings 
  

   of 
  sand 
  and 
  water 
  were 
  not 
  recorded 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  now 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   obliterated. 
  No 
  river 
  channels 
  in 
  this 
  district 
  were 
  filled 
  up 
  by 
  slips 
  into 
  the 
  

   river. 
  

  

  Letter 
  No. 
  24QG., 
  dated 
  Sylhet, 
  the 
  7th 
  April 
  i8g8, 
  from 
  L. 
  J. 
  Kershaw, 
  Esq., 
  

   I.C.S., 
  Officiating 
  Deputy 
  Commissioner, 
  Sylhet, 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  to 
  the 
  Chief 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Assam. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  No. 
  5148-59 
  G., 
  of 
  the 
  9th 
  August 
  1897, 
  calling 
  for 
  a 
  

   special 
  report 
  on 
  certain 
  matters 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  earthquake, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  

   honour 
  to 
  forward 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  information 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  collect 
  from 
  

   the 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  district. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  four 
  heads 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  required 
  

   information 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (a) 
  Extent 
  of 
  fissuring. 
  

   {b) 
  Outpouring 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  water. 
  

   (c) 
  Filling 
  up 
  of 
  river 
  channels. 
  

   {d) 
  Opening 
  out 
  of 
  new 
  khals. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  {a), 
  fissuring 
  has 
  been 
  universal 
  throughout 
  the 
  district 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  

   extent 
  on 
  the 
  public 
  roads 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  cracked 
  rather 
  than 
  fissured, 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  

   much 
  larger 
  extent 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  rivers 
  and 
  water 
  courses 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   neighbourhood 
  of 
  tanks, 
  bils 
  and 
  haors. 
  Fissures 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  cases 
  were 
  caused 
  

   by 
  the 
  subsidence 
  of 
  the 
  banks 
  into 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  or 
  tank, 
  and 
  their 
  direction 
  

   was, 
  therefore, 
  almost 
  invariably 
  parallel 
  to 
  the 
  banks. 
  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fissures 
  

   varied, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  expected, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  disturb- 
  

   ance. 
  In 
  Karimganj 
  the 
  breadth 
  did 
  not 
  exceed 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  feet. 
  In 
  Habiganj 
  and 
  

  

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