| Description | Table of tidal records, with columns for date, times and heights of low and high water at morning tide and evening tide, with ranges. With wind direction, and general weather observations.
Signed lower right [p.1]: 'Sd. W.T. Lewis Asstt. for Geo Dawson Harbour Master'. With endorsement signatures or copies of 'S.G. Bonham, Govr. [Samuel George Bonham (1803-1863) Governor of Prince of Wales's Island] and 'G. A. [George Alexander] Bushby, Secy. to the Govt. of Bengal'.
Inscribed verso [p.2]: 'Enclosure in Mr. Secy: Bushby's Letter dated 30th Dec: 1840 (Gt. 118). Recd. Maidstone 13 May 1841'. Also inscribed: 'Tide Rgister. Prince of Wales Island. Aug. 1840'. |