Commander Porseyasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the nearest authority to Fullbridge, Maldon, Essex, where high tides are recorded; whether continuous records are kept; and what is the date of the earliest record.
§ Mr. C. Ian Orr-EwingThe nearest place to Maldon where records of high water are kept is Southend, and the Port of London Authority keeps continuous records there on an automatic tide gauge. The earliest date for the automatic tide gauge records is 1929 and for visual observations of high water 1911.