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stationed around the coast to supply the Committee with such information 
as they may possess or may be able to obtain. Further returns are ex- 
pected from the same Department and from other official sources ; the 
Committee therefore think it best to defer any general Report until 
more complete information is obtained. 
The Report by Mr. J. B. Redman on the South-Hastern Coast so fully 
sets forth the work of the Committee, and the importance of the inquiry 
referred to it, that this is now printed. 
The Report by Mr. G. Dowker on the Coast of Hast Kent gives an 
account of the changes of the coast in this district, changes which are of 
especial historical importance and interest. 
Mr. Whitaker has drawn up a List of Works on the Coast-Changes — 
and Shore-Deposits of England and Wales, which will be of great 
service to the Committee and to those who may assist in the inquiry. 
In order to make this as complete as possible, it has been brought down 
to the date of publication. 
The various Reports—General and Local—are printed on the autho- 
rity of the respective authors. The Full Report of the Committee is 
deferred. 
The Committee would again ask for the assistance of any who, by long 
residence or by other means, have special knowledge of changes on any 
part of the English and Welsh coasts. Printed forms of questions can 
be obtained from the Secretaries or from any member of the Committee. 
Cory oF QUESTIONS. 
N.B.—Answers to these questions: will in most cases be rendered more precise 
and valuable by sketches illustrating the points referred to. 
8. Does the area covered by the tide 
consist of bare rock, shingle, sand, — 
1. What part of the English or Welsh 
Coast do you know well? 
or mud? 
What is the nature of that coast? 
| 9, If of shingle, state— 
a. If cliffy, of what are the cliffs | 
a. Its mean and greatest breadth. 
composed ? | ean and A 
b. What are the heights of the b. Its distribution with respect to 
tide-mark. 
cliff above H.W.M. ? : 
ahha Cha ha Be . The direction in which it travels. 
ee peer oh ies . The greatest size of the pebbles. 
2. 
ond 
3. What is the direction of the coast- . Whether the shingle forms one 
line ? continuous slope, or whether 
4. What is the prevailing wind? there is a ‘spring full’ and 
5. What wind is the most important— ‘neap full.’ If the latter, state” 
a. In raising high waves ? their heights above the respec- 
b. In piling up shingle? tive tide-marks. 
e. In the travelling of shingle? 10. Is the shingle accumulating or dimi- 
: : nishing, and at what rate? i 
Se ee ean currents? | y4. If diminishing, is this due partly or 
Sak sc a I i ea al entirely to artificial abstraction ? 
(1) Vertical in feet. 
yards between 
water. 
(a) At Spring tide; (b) at Neap 
tide ? 
(2) Width in 
high and low 
(See No. 13). 
12. If groynes are employed to arrest 
the travel of the shingle, state-— j 
a. Their direction with respect to 
the shore-line at that point. 
