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·Tne Pfiafta§ft of Lahore; dated' January ~s. wtftes : "This earthquake is entirely unparalleled in the history of India. Clearly, it was a vi. s1tation of Heaven rath. er than an earthquake. " The Ahl-i-Hctdis of Amritsar, in its issue of February 9, i 934, wr\tes : "Of truth, had our Holy ;Prophet, (may peace and. count- less blessings of Go:i be upon him !), not been the last of the world's prophets, and had it been possible under the Islamic Law for another prophet to appear in our times, the terrible earthquake of Bihar would have, ii:J. the new book revealed to him, been mentioned among great dJvine visitations, such as those which ove. rtook the people of A. d, of Samuel, and the Pharaoh and his people. ''. In the course of his statement in the Legislative Assembly on the earthquake disaster, Sir Harry Haig, Home Membi;ir to the Government of India, said " No estimate ca,n be framed of the total cost of replace- ment of or repairs to these buildings but the Governor has stated that in one town alone Government bQi!dings of the value of Rs. 30 lakhs are said to be in ruins. There is also a very severe damage done to the railways and in particular to the E. I. R. settlement and the workshops at Jamalpur, The expenditure necessary to repair the damage at Jamalpur is estimated at not less than Rs. 50 lakhs, " Local bodies (District Boards and Municipalities) have also suffered heavy loss, owing to destruction of dispensaries, hospitals and schools, as well as owing to damage done to r 0 aqs and bridges. · " Of the total damage caused to private property in towns it is impossible to give an estimate, but, as I have stated bci- fore, the total destruction of houses in Monghyr ci. nd in Uuei:1 chief towns of North aihar is very heavy. " It is also not possible to give even an approximate estimate of the d1mage to agricultural lands. In some places grey mud and sand has erupted and to what extent this will affect the future fertility of the land cannot at present be estimated, nor is it possible to give an estimate of the damage ~Q stanclinlJ erop11 whi¥h is ni~re i;~riQ'1S in vi~w of th~ faq~