APPENDIX D CV 



On the Pacific coast, further observations of value have been 

 secured in the Strait of Georgia, Victoria, and Port Simpson, which 

 will enhance the accuracy of the tide tables. The United States Coast 

 Survey recognize the advantage of referring part of the New England 

 coast to one of our ports; and, in exchange for data for this purpose, 

 they furnish tidal predictions for Sitka, in Alaska, which will enable 

 valuable information on currents to be added to our tide tables. These 

 and other improvements will appear in the tide tables for 1906. The 

 length of the tidal record obtained at Port Simpson, which is still 

 referred to Sitka, will soon enable it to be placed on an independent 

 basis. 



Tide Tables. — These arc prepared in three sets as before; and to 

 meet the increasing demand, the total edition of the three sets for 1906, 

 will be increased to 3,500 copies, besides 2,000 copies of pocket editions 

 for the ports of Quebec and St. Jolm, N.B. Several tide tables for 

 local use are also prepared and issued; and the leading almanacs in 

 Canada are no^\ supplied annually with reliable tables and information 

 in place of the untrustworthy data formerly published. 



