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Rh The populations of the chief cities are thus stated:—

The following tables contain all the exact information that I was able to obtain, as to the damage and loss of life, or personal injury; they are defective of a large portion of the shaken country:—



The damage done to buildings embraced in this return was estimated at 1866 ducats in the government return, a sum obviously not one-twentieth of the actual loss.

Except in the case of Signor Ajosso, the Intendente of Salerno, I found obstacles thrown in the way of giving me returns of the number of persons killed and wounded; and

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