526 REPORT—1896. 
10 inches and 8 inches ; on the 2nd the morning tide 1 foot 4 inches ; on 
the 8rd the increase was 1 foot 9 inches and 2 feet’; on the 4th the 
morning tide was raised 7 inches and the evening tide depressed 5 5 inches ; 
on the 5th the morning tide was depressed 1 foot 6 inches and the evening 
tide raised 2 feet 7 inches ; ; on the 6th the tides were raised 3 feet and 
1 foot 4 inches; on the 7th both tides 3 feet; on the 8th, 10 and 
11 inches ; on the 9th the morning tide was depressed 1 foot, and that 
of the 10th raised 1 foot 9 inches. 
At Boston the wind on the 4th from W.S.W.., force 5 to 10 ; the evening 
tide of the 4th was depressed 1 foot 8 inches and the succeeding tide 
1 foot 10 inches. From 5th to 7th, with wind from W.N.W. to N.W. 
mean force 7, the mean increase of the tide was 1°82 foot, the maximum 
increase being 2 feet 8 inches. 
At Yarmouth from the 6th to the 8th the wind was from W.N.W. 
with mean force of 5°55. The tides were increased about 3 feet. 
At Ipswich on the 6th and 7th, with wind W.N.W. force 7 to 8, the 
tides were increased above the expected height from 3 feet 2 inches to 
3 feet 11 inches. 
At Dover on the 6th and 7th, wind W.N.W., force 4 to 7. Mean 
increase of tide 2 feet 11 inches, maximum increase 3 feet 6 inches. 
At Sheerness on the 6th the morning tide was raised 3 feet 5 inches, 
and the evening tide 2 feet 9 inches ; on the 7th the morning tide was 
not recorded, the evening tide was raised 4 feet 7 inches and the next 
morning | foot 11 inches and evening 1 foot 8 inches. 
At Flushing, where the mean range of tides is 11 feet 9 inches, the 
tides from the 4th to the 9th were increased above the mean range, 
an average of 2°78 feet, the greatest increase being on the 7th, 
5 feet 1 inch. At Ymuiden, the entrance to the North Sea Canal, where 
the mean range of tide is 5-4 feet, the maximum increase was 5:31 feet, 
and at the island of Schokland in the nee Zee, where the mean range 
is only 0-72 foot, the increased height was 7-70 feet, 
At Portsmouth on the 6th and 7th the Are rose to about their normal 
height, wind on the 7th blowing from N,W. with force 4 to 6. 
At Avonmouth on the 6th and 7th, wind W. to N.W., force 7 to 10, 
the mean increase in the tides was only 9 inches, the maximum increase 
being 13 inches. 
At Liverpool, from the 2nd to the 7th, the tides were all high, the 
mean increase being 2 feet 8 inches and the maximum 3 feet 5 inches. 
The wind was from W.S.W. to W., mean force 6°80 and maximum 9. 
At, Holyhead, 2nd to the 7th, wind from W. to 8.W., mean force 
6-40, maximum 7, mean increase of tides 1:14 foot, maximum increase 
2 feet 1 inch. 
At Belfast, Ist to 6th, wind W.S.W., mean force 6°80, maximum 8, 
mean increase of tides 1 foot 45 inches, maximum increase 3 feet 1 inch. 
At Glasgow, on the 4th, the wind was from the W.S.W., with force of 
6, increasing to a gale on the 5th, with force of 8 and continuing to blow a 
gale from 8.W. on 6th. The average increase in the height of the tides 
for the three days was 3 feet 9 inches, the maximum increase being on 
the 5th, when high water was raised 6 feet 2 inches, the normal rise above 
low water of spring tides being 10 feet 10 inches, and the actual rise 
17 feet. The barometer fell 0:72 inch below the average reading. 
