478 THIRD KEPORT — 1833.. 



of the land and sea, but also as to waste or extension of the 

 land. 



*2. That Mr. Rogers (Professor of Chemistry in Philadel- 

 phia) be requested to furnish an account of the progress which 

 has been made in investigating the Geology of the United States 

 America. 



3. That Professor Phillips be requested to draw up, with such 

 cooperation as he may procure, a Systematic Catalogue of all 

 the organized fossils of Great Britain and Ireland, hitherto de- 

 scribed, Vv'ith such new species as he may have an opportunity 

 of accurately examining'. 



4. That Mr. John Taylor be requested to collect detailed 

 sections of the Carboniferous series of Flintshire, with a view 

 to a comparison with the same series in other parts of England ; 

 — with a view also of ascertaining the circumstances under which 

 the Mountain Limestone is developed, after its suppression in 

 certain coal-fields in the central parts of England. 



5. That the attention of Geologists be invited to those coal 

 districts in the midland counties of England, where, the Car- 

 boniferous Limestone and Old Red Sandstone being deficient, 

 the coal measures rest immmediately on the Grauwacke and 

 Transition rocks ; — with a view to discover whether any cir- 

 cumstances connected with the physical structure of that part 

 of the island can be stated, explanatory of the local absence of 

 the two great formations above mentioned. 



6. That sections and plans should also be collected of the 

 Coal-fields of Worcestershire, Shropshire, StaflPordshire, Che- 

 shire, Lancashire^, and the south-western part of Yorkshire^. 



7. That the Faults or Dykes in the carboniferous rocks in 

 Flintshire should be examined, with a view to ascertain whether 

 some remarkable differences in their character may not be 

 observed, as compai'ed with that of veins and dykes in other 

 districts. 



*8. That collections be made of accurate plans of " heaves" 

 in the Veins of Cornwall and the North of England, with a 

 view to determine how far the apparently horizontal heaves may 

 be explained by vertical motion. 



*9. That the direction, intersection, inclination, and bi'eadth 



1 This catalogue is commenced, several monographs are composed, and a 

 general basis is arranged. Communications, lists of organic remains, notices 

 of localities, and specimens of new or undescribed species may be addressed to 

 Mr. Phillips, Museum, York. 



2 Mr. Elias Hall of Castleton has constructed a map and sections of the Lan- 

 cashire coal-field. 



^ Mr. Hartop exhibited at the Cambridge Meeting a correct map and de- 

 tailed section of the coal strata on the river Dun. 



