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chief and distress occasioned by the late storm, and I much fear 

 that a great deal remains still to be told. I have no account as yet 

 from the Light House. 



8th. I annex a statement of the casualties in vessels as far as I 

 have yet ascertained. 



Sd. E. J. A. Elson, 

 Port Master and Asstt. Collector of Sea Customs. 



Port Office, Chittagong, the 17th Mag, 1849. 



The following are the replies to my queries, the query being in 

 Italics and the Antique letters E. &c. standing for the names of the 

 following gentlemen, viz. 



E. E. J. A. Elson, Esq. 



J. R. B. J. R. Bedford, Esq. M. D. 



B. O. T. Buckland, Esq. C. S. 



M. J. Maxwell, Esq. 



T\ R. Trotter, Esq. C. S. 



R. I. Robt. Ince, Esq. Salt Dept. 



Querx — No. 1. 



Please to state how the wind began to blow, how it continued to blow 



and veer, and how it ended, as near as you recollect. 



Elson. See his report above for this reply. 



J. R, Bedford, Buckland. On the 12th May the sun set in 

 a stormy sky. The wind blew freshly all the evening and became 

 a decided gale ; at 11 p. m. blowing from N. N. E. ; at 12 p. M, it 

 came due East and at 2 a. m. S. E. this was the height of the hur- 

 ricane. It now slightly abating veered round the South and subse- 

 quently to S. W. finally blowing itself out in gusts from N. W. at 

 4 a. M. 



Maxwell* I agree to what Dr. Bedford has said except about 

 the setting of the sun, I do not think it had been seen for two 

 days, and I do not recollect any stormy appearance in the sky. We 

 had had much rain on the 11th and 12th. 



Trotter. About North ; it veered Easterly and ended about S. 

 E. Southerly. 



N. B. — Notes to this from Mr. Ince and Mr. J. Maxwell inti- 

 mate that they think Mr. Trotter has mistaken the direction of the 

 wind. 



