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(d) Name of photographer, and society under whose direction the view is 
taken. 
(e) Date when photographed. 
(f) Indication of direction of light and shade; 7.e., state whether taken in 
‘direct light’ or ‘in shade.’ 
IV.—Each photograph sent in for registration should bear a local number, and the 
accompanying form should be numbered in accordance therewith. 
V.—Lists of photographs, copies of photographic prints and information relative 
thereto should be sent under cover to the Secretary to the Committee, at the 
earliest possible date, as the work of registration will be heavy. 
The offers of help received in response to this circular were very 
numerous. The number of photographs sent in up to September reached 
a total of 275, a result which, taking into consideration the difficulties 
incident to a first year’s working, the Committee feel is an encourage- 
ment to persevere in their efforts, if permitted to do so, until an ade- 
quately complete series of photographs is obtained. It will be seen from 
the list appended that a large majority of the English counties, besides 
those of Scotland and Ireland, are as yet almost entirely unrepresented, 
and that in the case of counties from which photographs have been received, 
the views taken have been confined to limited areas. Prior to the insti- 
tution of this Committee, there has been little effort made to arrange 
for the systematic photographing of local geological sections, although 
much has been accomplished in an irregular manner by individual workers. 
It has been difficult to obtain all the particulars desired of these earlier 
photographs, but it is believed that the more important of them, at any 
rate, are included in the list attached to this report. Acknowledgment is 
due to those Societies (among which may be mentioned the Belfast 
Naturalists’ Field Club, Chester Society of Natural Science, Croydon 
Microscopical and Natural History Society, Essex Field Club, Leicester 
Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool Geological Society, and the 
Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society) for the care they had taken 
to preserve photographic records of important and interesting sections. 
While a fairly large number of photographs has been obtained in 
response to the circular issued by the Committee, but little has been 
accomplished in the way of establishing county photographic surveys for 
geological purposes. It was hoped that the suggestion in Circular No. 2 
as to the formation of special local committees in different centres (the 
only satisfactory means of doing the work thoroughly) would have been 
more widely adopted. The only counties which have so far undertaken 
such systematic work are Kent and Yorkshire. In the latter county that 
valuable aid to scientific progress, the ‘ Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union,’ has 
already aided the work of the British Association by the establishment of 
local committees charged with special objects of research. As soon as 
possible a geological photographic section was formed, of which Mr. James 
W. Davis was appointed chairman and Mr. James E. Bedford secretary. 
This section has sent over a hundred copies of photographic prints, with 
descriptions, the work of its members in the county of York besides other 
localities further afield. This Committee are much indebted to the 
officers of the Yorkshire Geological Photographic Section for their valu- 
able assistance. 
There are not wanting indications also of the ripening of the scheme 
in other directions at an early date. 
Mr. J. Hopkinson, of St. Albans, read a paper before the Hertford- 
