extensive inroad made on the undercliffs forming part of the 

 Folkestone Warren. The Gault clay here comes on the plain of 

 marine erosion, and forms the foundation of the cliffs. These 

 beds of clay are the retaining strata of the rain-water that falls 

 upon the Chalk Downs, the water issuing out in numerous springs 

 at the sea level, so that there are three principal factors bringing 

 about the destruction of the cliffs, namely : — the springs, the 

 yielding Gault clay, and the absence of the protecting shingle 

 beach. 



J. Gordon McDakin. 



Botanical Repokt. 

 1896. 

 April 6. Ruhiis spectdbilis. 



Growing wild in woods near Saltwood. Found by 

 Captain McDakin ; identified by G. Dowker, 

 and the authorities at Kew. 

 June 6. Salvia pratensis. 



Growing half a mile east of Dover Castle in two 

 places. Found by Captain McDakin ; identified 

 by G. Dowker. 



From Deal !N"oethward. 



The excessive wet has had the effect of bringing down the 

 chalk in small falls between Pegwell Bay and Ramsgate, and left 

 some parts on the cliff with fissures that look very dangerous for 

 pedestrians. North of Ramsgate, and between it and Broadstairs 

 again, there have been numerous small falls of the cliff. Again 

 at Margate and towards Westgate and Birchington the same small 

 falls have occurred. Just in the angle of the cliff East of Pegwell 

 Bay the fore-shore has been washed away, and the sea has in 

 places undermined the cliff. But more Eastward in Red Cliff 

 Bay the destruction of the cliff and fore-shore has not been so 

 rapid as in the previous year. The mouth of the Sandwich Haven 

 has undergone several alterations ; at one time something like 

 . a double mouth was formed just opposite the end of Red Cliff Bay, 

 but lately it has resumed its last year's channel, striking inwards 

 towards Pegwell. Since the 6-inch map was surveyed in 1872 the 

 mouth of the river is so much altered that it is now nearer the 

 West Cliff Houses by 2,900 feet. 



By the Sandwich flats the shore-line has advanced towards 

 Shellness Point. 



G, DOWKEK. 



