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Scientific Intelligence. 



[No. 11, NEW SERIES. 



From Mr. W. Boalth, to H. A. Brett, Esq., Collector of Salem, 

 dated Shevaroy Hills, Moondambady, 4th March 1861. 

 Sir, 



1. I beg to inform you that there was an Earthquake this fore- 

 noon on the Shevaroy Hills at half-past 11 a. m. The weather 

 was clear and calm, only two or three specks of white clouds were 

 fixed in the atmosphere. There was no breeze. The sun was 

 powerful. A noise like a continued thunder was heard to proceed 

 from under ground travelling due north to south. I had a Pris- 

 matic compass and ascertained the points. 



2. The shock continued for about 15 seconds. My Office 

 building shook. People ran out to ascertain the cause, and were 

 surprised to find it was an Earthquake. An hour after, the shock 

 was repeated in a parallel line, about half a mile from the place 

 at which I put up in Moondambady. 



3. I heard from Mr. Brown, a Planter on the Hills, that ac- 

 cording to his Diary, similar Earthquakes took place last year ; two 

 on the night of the 17th January, and one at 7 A. m. on the morning 

 of the 20th. 



Submitted for the information of Government. 



(A true Copy and Extract.) 



J. D. Sim, Secretary, 

 Order thereon, 16th March 1861, No. 532. 

 Ordered to be communicated to the Literary Society, and the 

 Government Astronomer. 



Public Works Department. 



Public. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MADRAS GOVERNMENT. 

 Read the following Proceedings of the Board of Revenue, dated 

 27th March 1861, No. 1,606 :— - 



Read the following letter from H. A. Brett, Esq., Collector of 

 Salem, to J. D. Sim, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Revenue, 

 Fort Saint George, dated Namakkal, 19th March 1861, No. 41. 

 Sir, 



I have the honor to forward for the information of the Board, a 

 statement showing the places in which the earthquake alluded to 

 in my letter of the 8th instant, No. 35, was felt in different parts 



