Nelson District.

Nelson.—No damage done. A few bricks are said to have been dislodged from the top of a chimney, but this has not been confirmed.

Maruia Plains.—The Reefton Guardian says that it is reported that the effects of the earthquake were of a very serious nature at Walker's station, in the Maruia, but I have not been able to learn anything more about it.

Lyell.—No damage was done.

Westport.—No chimneys were thrown down, but two in course of erection were cracked. No damage was done to the lighthouse at Cape Foulwind. There was no sea-wave.

Boatman's.—No damage done.

Reefton.—No chimneys suffered, but some glass and crockery was thrown from shelves and broken. The shock was severely felt by miners in the Progress Mine: the timbers creaked, and strange noises issued from the ground.

Greymouth.—Several old and badly-built chimneys fell. They seemed, from the indications on the mortar, to have been screwed off from the north-east towards the south, in some instances showing signs of quite a third of the arc between the two points mentioned. The greater portion of the bricks fell on the southern sides of the chimneys. The tall brick chimney of the engine-house of the hydraulic cranes was uninjured, as also was the Catholic church. A good deal of glass and crockery was thrown down and broken. In the teacher's house at Dunganville the school-register was thrown a considerable distance a little south of west.

The shock is stated to have been more severely felt in the inland districts. There was no sea-wave.

Hokitika.—Chimneys were thrown down in the Odd Fellows' Hall and Police Camp, and several others were cracked. There was no sea-wave.

The conclusions that may be drawn from this statement of facts are—(1) that, except in the neighbourhood of the centre of impulse, the only damage was to buildings put up with bad mortar, or faulty in construction; (2) that cob stands the shock better than brick or stone with bad mortar; and (3) that houses on alluvial gravels, &c., suffered more, pari passu, than those on solid rock. Other points connected with this part of the subject will be considered further on.