318 REPORT—1904. 
If the Committee are reappointed they will be able to develop and 
extend the analysis they have already made, but they wish to represent 
that the inquiry is far too involved and difficult for them to carry to 
a complete issue, and that it should properly be taken up by the Govern- 
ment department concerned. 
K. Bibliography. 
The Committee append a list of the papers consulted in their investi- 
gations. They have found their labours considerably lightened by the 
reports drawn up by Sir Alfred Bateman for the International Institute 
of Statistics, in the volumes named below. 
‘The Official Trade and Navigation Statistics,’ Bourne, ‘ Stat. Soc. Journ.’ 1872. 
Bulletin de l'Institut International de Statistique, vol. ii. p. 294; vol. xi. pp. 138 
and 59; vol. xii. pp. 121 and 71. 
‘The Use of Import and Export Statistics,’ Giffen, ‘Stat. Soc. Journ.’ 1882, and 
Essays in Finance (2nd series). 
‘Thirty Years’ Export Trade, B. Ellinger,’ ‘ Econ. Review,’ 1902. 
‘Value and Comparability of English and German Foreign Trade Statistics,’ 
B. Ellinger, Manchester Stat. Soc. (Read March 1904.) 
Statistical Abstracts for the United Kingdom. (Annual.) 
Statistical Abstracts for Foreign Countries. (Annual.) 
Trade and Navigation Returns of the United Kingdom. (Monthly and Annual.) 
’ Waarenverkehr des Deutschen Zollgebiets mit dem Auslande. (Annual.) 
Tableau général du Commerce et de la Navigation de la France. (Annual.) 
Tableau Décennal du Commerce de la France, 1887-1896. 
Tableau général du Commerce de la Belgique avec les Pays étrangers. (Annual.) 
Holland—Statistiek van den In-, Uit-, en Doorvoer over het Jaar 1902 (and simi- 
larly for previous years). 
The Foreign Commerce and Navigation of U.S. a (Annual. ) 
The Statesman’s Year-book. 
Purliamentary Papers, §c. 
Trade between the United Kingdom and France: No. 405 of 1881. 
Statistics of the Foreign Trade of Germany: C. 5597 of 1888. 
British Trade and Production 1854-1895: C. 8211 of 1896 (p. 70). 
Comparative Statistics of Population ... in the United Kingdom and some 
leading Foreign Countries: C. 8322 of 1897, and Cd. 1199 of 1902. 
British and Foreign Trade and Industry : Cd. 1761 of 1903. 
Tariff Wars between certain European States: Cd. 1938 of 1904. 
Trade of the United Kingdom with Germany: No. 131 of 1904. 
The Tidal Régime of the Mersey.—Report of the Committee, consisting 
of Lord Kenvin (Chairman), Mr. J. N. SHOOLBRED (Secretary), 
and Professors GEORGE H. Darwin, OsBoRNE REYNOLDS, HELE- 
Suaw, and W. C. Unwin, appointed to obtain information respect- 
ing the Tidal Régime of the River Mersey, with the object of sub- 
matting the data so obtained to Harmonic Analysis. 
Since the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board have for the last sixty years 
been entrusted by Parliament with the charting, lighting, and buoying 
of the River Mersey, and have also under their charge the various gauges 
