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west Jumna Canal, the canal water waved and small boats were thrown 

 out by the serious beat of the first shock (see p. 196). At Dhatfaura 

 Kama! District in the W. Jheium Canal (see p. 208) the water waved 

 about 3 feet higher on left bank than the original surface. 



Lieut.- Colonel S. Burrard, Superintendent, Trigonometrical Sur- 

 vey, made some enquiries regarding the effect of 

 the earthquake on the water supply drawn from 

 certain streams, in the Dehra Dun. Mr. P. Denehy, 

 Assistant Engineer, Irrigation. Branch, Dun Canals Division, in reply 

 said that he only knew of two authentic cases where the volume had 

 been increased, namely, the Tons-Nalota and Rispana torrents. These 

 streams were completely closed, and all their water was being taken into 

 the canals on the 3rd April (the day before the earthquake). On the 

 morning of the 4th immediately after the earthquake, the gauge of the 

 Bijapur canal which was taking in the Tons-Nalota waters, went up from 

 2'0 feet to 2 5 feet, which is equivalent to an increase of discharge of 12 

 cubic feet per second. The gauge of the Rajpur canal, which was taking 

 in the whole of the Rispana water, went up from 0*40 feet to 0*70 feet 

 which is equivalent to an increase of discharge of 12 feet per second. 



The above was immediately after the earthquake. But at the time 

 of writing (1st June 1905) two months after the shock the increase in the 

 case of the two canals above normal for that time of the year was 17 

 cubic feet in the Bijapur canal and 4 cubic feet in the Rajpur. It should 

 be noted, however, that all the streams in the Dun had been running 

 very high during the year on account of the abnormally heavy winter 

 rains, and Mr. Denehy felt it impossible to say how much, if any, of this 

 should be attributed to the earthquake. 



The following note by Forest Ranger, M. S. Rawat, in the Indian 

 Forester for September 1905, referring to the Kumaun 



Kumaun Division Divisi ig of interest . in this connection :— " At 



streams. 



Chaunsila, 12 miles from Naini Tal,the general scarcity 

 of the stream water sets in yearly, and by May not a drop is to be found 

 for 2 miles in each direction. But from the date of the earthquake a 

 large amount of water has been Mowing throughout the whole of the dry 



