462 REPORT — 1887. 



Meteorological and Fhenological Observations. — Mr. Heywood stated 

 tliat many valuable meteorological observations were buried in the log- 

 books of steamships, and suggested that some of the local Societies might 

 render good service to meteorology by examining these books and keep- 

 ing records of any important entries. Mr. Hopkinson pointed out two 

 ways in which the local Societies might advance meteorological science. 

 In the first place he thought that many observers in different parts of the 

 country might be in the habit of recording the rainfall or other meteoro- 

 logical phenomena without communicating the results to Mr. Symons. 

 Good service would be rendered if the Corresponding Societies would 

 find out such observers and put them into communication with Mr. 

 Symons.' In the next jjlace he suggested that observations of the time 

 of flowering of plants, first appearances of birds and insects, &c., might 

 be systematically recorded and forwarded to the Royal Meteorological 

 Society * by those observers who had not hitherto been in the habit of 

 communicating their results to that Society. 



Section C. 



Mr. C. E. De Ranee, F.G.S., attended the Conference on behalf of the 

 Committee of this Section. The three following recommendations were 

 forwarded by the Secretary of the Section : — 



Sea-coasts Erosion. — ' That Messrs. R. B. Grantham, C. E. De Ranee, 

 J. B. Redman, W. Topley, W. Whitaker, J. W. Woodall, Major-General 

 Sir A. Clarke, Admiral Sir E. Ommanney, Sir J. N. Douglass, Captain 

 J. Parsons, Captain W. J. L. Wharton, Professor J. Prestwich, and 

 Messrs. E. Easton, J. S. Valentine, and L. F. Vernon Harcourt be re- 

 appointed a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the Rate of 

 Erosion of the Sea-coasts of England and Wales, and the Influence of 

 the Artificial Abstraction of Shingle or other Material in that Action ; 

 that Messrs. De Ranee and Topley be the Secretaries,' 



Underground Waters. — ' That Professor E. Hull, Dr. H. W. Crosskey, 

 Captain Douglas Galton, Professor J. Prestwich, and Messrs. James 

 Glaisher, E. B. Marten, G. H. Morton, James Parker, W. Pengelly, James 

 Plant, I. Roberts, Fox Strangways, T. S. Stooke, G. J. Symons, W. 

 Topley, Tylden-Wright, E. Wethered, W. Whitaker, and C. E. De 

 Ranee be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investigating the 

 Circulation of the Underground Waters in the Permeable Formations of 

 England, and the Quality and Quantity of the Water supplied to various 

 towns and districts from these formations ; and that Mr. De Ranee be the 

 Secretary.' 



Erratic BlocJcs. — ' That Professors J. Prestwich, W. Boyd Dawkins, 

 T. McK. Hughes, and T. G. Bonney, Dr. H. W. Crosskey, and Messrs. 

 C. E. De Ranee, H. G. Fordham, J. E. Lee, D. Mackintosh, W. Pengelly, 

 J. Plant, and R. H. Tiddeman be reappointed a Committee for the purpose 

 of recording the position, height above the sea, lithologieal characters, 

 size, and origin of the Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 reporting other matters of interest connected with the same, and taking 

 measures for their preservation ; and that Dr. Crosskey be the Secretary.' 



Mr. De Ranee described the above three inquiries undertaken by 

 Section C, in which it was thought the Corresponding Societies could 



' G. J. Symons, F.R.S., 62 Camden Square, London, N.W. 

 ' 30 Great George Street, London, W. 



