LIST OF PLATES. 



1. Village monastery or " Pongyi-kvaung "• of the Northern Shan States. 



Showing how the framework is supported on wooden piles. 



Typical Shan Pagodas. 



2. Method of Pagoda construction. To illustrate the instability of such struc- 



tures during earthquakes. 



3. Section of a typical brick nogged bungalow. 



4. Elevation of a typical brick nogged bungalow. 



5. Sketches showing damage to various buildings in Taunggyi. 



6. Map showing positions of the chief faults in the Northern Shan States. 



7. Map showing the approximate positions of the Isoseists and Axial Epicentre 



of the Burma earthquake of May 23rd, 1912. 



8. Seismograms of the earthquake of May 23rd. recorded at Simla. Omori 



Instruments. 



9. Seismograms of the earthquake of May 23rd. 1912, recorded at Colaba ob- 



servatory, Bombay. Milne and Vertical Movement Instruments. 



10. Seismograms of the earthquake of May 23rd. 1912, recorded at Colombo 



and Kodaikanal. Milne Instruments. 



11. Seismograms of the earthquake of May 23rd, 1912, recorded at Colaba ob- 



servatory, Bombay. Omori-Ewing Instrument. 



