524 REPORT—1896. 
the 11th, when the wind blew with force of 8 from 8.W., the evening tide 
was 2 feet 10 inches above the natural height. 
Lower down the coast at Grimsby the wind from the 5th to the 17th 
was blowing principally from the 8.W. with force varying from 4 to 7. 
On the 12th the tide was raised 2 feet 6 inches in the morning and 1 foot 
in the evening ; on the 13th 1 foot 5 inches and 1 foot 2 inches ; on the 
14th and 15th 1 foot and 1 foot 3 inches in the morning ; on the 16th 
1 foot 1 inch and 1 foot 5 inches ; on the 17th 2 feet and 1 foot. The 
mean force of the wind for 7 days was 5, and mean increase of tides 
1:30 foot. 
At Hull the morning and evening tides were raised respectively on 
the 12th 2 feet 5 inches and 8 inches; on the 13th 1 foot 3 inches and 
I foot 4 inches ; on the 14th 3 inches and 1 inch; on the 15th 1 foot 
7 inches in the morning ; on the 16th 11 inches and 1 foot 5 inches ; and 
on the 17th 2 feet 1 inch and 1 foot 1 inch. The mean force of the wind 
for the 6 days was 5, and the mean increase in the tides 1°10 foot. 
At Boston §8.W. wind had the effect of depressing the tides, the 
average force from 10th to 16th was 5:10. On the night of the 10th 
there was a 8.W. gale with force of 10, and the two following tides were 
respectively 1 foot 3 inches and | foot 6 inches below the normal height ; 
the morning tides of the 12th and 15th were raised 1 foot 4 inches and 
1 foot, and the evening tide of 13th depressed 13 inches ; the barometer 
was 0°43 below the average. 
At Ipswich on the 11th the morning tide was depressed 3 feet 9 inches. 
At Dover from the 10th to 17th the wind was from 8.W., the average 
force being 4°80 and the barometer below the mean. On the 10th and 
11th the tides were depressed from 1 foot 3 inches to 1 foot 8 inches, the 
morning tide of the 12th was raised 2 feet 1 inch, the wind blowing with 
force of 7 from 8.W., the tides from the 12th to 15th averaging about 
10 inches above normal height. 
At Sheerness on the 10th the morning tide was raised 13 inches, and 
the morning tide of the 11th depressed 23 inches, the evening tide being 
about normal. On the 12th the morning tide was raised 1 foot 8 inches, 
and the following tides respectively 2 feet 3 inches, 1 foot 8 inches, and 
2 feet 5 inches. 
At Portsmouth on the 13th, with N.W. wind, force 5 to 6, the morning 
tide was raised 13 inches and the evening tide 10 inches ; on the 15th 
both tides were raised 13 inches. 
At the west end of the Channel at Avonmouth on the 15th, with 
wind from 8.W. to 8.E. with force of 5 to 8, the evening tide of the 15th 
was 3 feet 4 inches above the normal height and the next tide 1 foot 
11 inches above ; the former tide flowed for 58 minutes after the calculated 
time of high water. 
On the west coast on the 6th at Liverpool, with wind blowing force 
of 5 from 8.W., the morning tide was 2 feet 4 inches and the afternoon 
tide 3 feet 4 inches above the normal height. The barometer stood at 
29°26, or 0°59 below the average. On the evening of the 14th the tide 
was raised 2 feet, and the following afternoon tide 3 feet 11 inches, and 
next morning 2 feet 5 inches, the wind during this time being from 8.W. 
with force varying from 3 to 7. Barometer about half an inch low, the 
gradient on the west coast between Scilly and Holyhead being 0:16, the 
depression being in the north. 
At Holyhead the tides from the 10th to the 16th averaged 1} foot 
