March 7th.—(1) The Governor of Yiinnan reports the occurrence of a very serious earthquake in the south of the province. The disturbance commenced between 5 and 6 p.m. on the 14th of January last, and lasted till 4 a.m. on the following day. During this period there were ten or more serious shocks, which were accompanied by a noise asof thunder. In Shih-ping, Chien-shui, and other district cities the town walls were either thrown down or cracked, while the public offices and temples shared the same fate. At Shih-ping, in the south of the city, eight or nine-tenths of the private houses fell, in the east as many as a half, in the north and west rather less; but still even there more than a thousand rooms were left with cracked or slanting walls,
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