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CONTENTS. 



Akyab District . 

 Kyaukpyu District 

 Sandoway District 

 Promc District . 

 Tharrawaddy District 

 Henzada District 

 Pegu District 

 Hanthawaddy District 

 Maubin District . 

 Bassein District . 

 Myaungmya District 

 Pyapon District . 

 Amherst District 

 Mergui District . 

 Chin Hills . 



Chapter III. — Other areas outside Burma 

 Yunnan 

 Bengal 

 Siam 



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SECTION II. 



THE TIME OP THE EARTHQUAKE AND RATE OF PROPAGATION OF THE 



SHOCK. 



Chapter IV. — Time of Earthquake. Rate of Propagation . 



The Isoseists. Intensity and Character of the 

 Shock ...... 



Depth of Focus .... 



Elements of Wave Motion 

 Extra-Indian Seismographic Records 



Chapter V. — Geological Conditions in Relation to the Earth 

 quake ...... 



Cause of the Earthquake . 

 Earthquake Sounds .... 



Visible Undulations of the Ground . 

 Effect on Springs and Water-supply 



Chapter VL— Earlier Shocks of 18th, 21st and 22nd May, 1912 

 Aftershocks ....... 



Chapter VII. — The Earthquake and Building Construction 



Burmese Architecture .... 

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