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been pulled down and rebuilt, and the lower stories extensively 

 repaired. 



Mr. Simpson continues : — 



This is a large single-story, building constructed of rough limestone 

 blocks with brick bonding. It faces S. 10° E. It 



The Convent. ^ gignificant ^ ^ portion f the building built 



on rock is practically uninjured ; whilst the major portion, said to be 

 founded on clay, but apparently chiefly on " made ground," is little 

 betteT than a ruin, and will require to be entirely rebuilt (see pi. 16, 

 fig. 1). In several walls running E.-W. the principal cracks hade 

 east at angles of from 0° to 30°, but in the most pronounced case- 

 the children's dormitory— the hade is to west at angles of 28° and 34 . 

 In two cases strong, horizontal cracks traverse E.— W. walls. In walls 

 at right angles the hade is usually N. at 45°. Floor cracks approxi- 

 mate to N.— S. in direction, a well pronounced floor crack runmng B. 

 15° E. and standing open about i inch. All the verandah pillars are 

 injured, those on the north and east fronts being cracked right through 

 at the base. The entrance pillars fell east, whilst the pillars of a 

 balustrade fell to west. A two-story belfry fell in all directions. The 

 principal direction of motion was from west to east. 



With reference to this building Mr. Hallowes remarks that it may 

 be that the great damage done to the front with its line of pillars is 

 more due to subsidence of the made ground than to the actual shock : 

 inasmuch as a little further down the hill the school of the convent, 

 which is built in the same style but almost entirely on a ledge of rock, 

 has suffered very slightly indeed. His view of the building from the 

 north is reproduced (pi. 22). 



Mr. Simpson's account proceeds : — 



This is a two-story building facing N. 7° S. W. It was severely 

 injured, the upper-story having been removed prior 

 d M ; nicipal bullock to my examination. The lower story shows numer- 

 ous structural cracks. The end walls fell outwards. 

 A horizontal crack has developed in an E,-W. wall, the cracks in 

 walls in that direction usually hade E. at 40°. The most important 



