ON THE PHENOMENA OF STATIONARY TIDES IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. 73 



Association, and in urging it upon the French Minister of Public Works. 

 The Committee beg to report that the 101. granted to it for expenses in 

 connection ■with the collection and the reduction of the tidal observations 

 has been expended. 



Appendix I.— PROGRAMME OF OBSERVATIONS. 



Tides in the English Channel and in the North Sea. 

 Observations to be taken in 1878. 



1. Observations every quarter of an hour, from Low Water to Low Water. 



Tide. Time of H.w. (at Dover). 

 Feb. 12 5.46 afternoon. 1 The observations to commence one hour be- 



fore the first L.w. and to finish one hour 

 after the last L.w. of each tide. 



The exact time of H.w. and of L.w. to be 

 noted; the other observations to be at 

 each exact quarter of an hour (by the 

 clock). 



Greenwich mean time to be kept through- 

 out. 



2. Observations as to the times and heights of h.w. and l.w. only. 



In Tune /On the morning tides, from 10th to 16th inclusive. 

 \ „ „ afternoon „ , 



In August / " » corning „ , 

 \_ ,, „ afternoon „ , 



N.B. — At each place the zero of the tide gauge must be connected with the 

 Datum of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. The condition of the barometer, 

 of the direction and force of the wind, to be observed from time to time. 



Points for Tidal Observations. 



Yarmouth. Dungeness. North Sea Canal Boulogne. 



Lowestoft. Hastings. Entrance. Treport. 



Harwich. Brighton. Flushing. Dieppe. 



Sheerness. Shoreham. Ostend. St. Valery en Caux. 



Ramsgate. Ventnor. Dunkerque. Fecamp. 



Dover. Portland. Calais. Havre. 



