25S REPORT— 1903. 



271. Wykeham . . , . 1901. Ba., Chev. Porph. and And., Flint, El. Syen., 



Lias. 

 .... 1902. Flint. 

 1903. Whin Sill. 



272. Yedmandale, near W. 1899. Eh. P. 



Ay ton. 

 „ „ 1900. Chev. Porph., Greywacke, Jasper, Gran. 



273. York 1888. Shap, Limes., Est. Sands., Carb. L., Jur. 



Sands, and Limes., And. 



, 1889. Carb. L. 



„ 1893. M.G. 



„ 1901. Carb. Sands. 



274. Youlthorpe, near Stamford 1888. Sands. 



Bridge. 



Observations on Ghanr/es in the Sea Coast of tJie United Kingdom. — 

 Report of the Committee^ consisting of Sir Archibald Geikie, 

 Captain E. W. Creak, Mr. L. F. Vernon-Harcourt, Mr. A. T. 

 Walmisley, Mr. W. Whitaker, and the General Officers, 

 appointed hy the Council. 



[PLATE IX.] 



In 1898 the following resolution was referred by the General Com- 

 mittee of the British Association to the Council for consideration and 

 action if desirable : — 



'That the Council be requested to bring under the notice of the 

 Admiralty the importance of securing systematic observations upon the 

 Erosion of the Sea Coast of the United Kingdom, and that the co-opera- 

 tion of the Coastguards might be profitably secured for this purpose.' 



On the recommendation of a Committee of the Council appointed to 

 consider the above resolution, the Council decided to inquire whether the 

 Admiralty would be willing to arrange that observations of a simple 

 character on changes in the sea coast be recorded and reported by the 

 Coastguards. A favourable answer having been received from the Lords 

 of the Admiralty, the Committee, at the request of the Council, proceeded 

 to draw up suitable forms on which to make the reports and a scheme of 

 instructions to guide the observers in recording their observations. A 

 supply of these forms with instructions was then forwarded to their 

 Lordships, and issued by them to the Coastguards in 1899. Since that 

 date forms, duly filled in, have been received regularly from the Coast- 

 guard stations of the United Kingdom and filed in the offices of the 

 Association in Burlington House. 



The observations having accumulated to an extent sufiicient to justify 

 an attempt being made this year to tabulate them, the present Committee, 

 having been appointed to superintend and direct the work, with the 

 consent of the Council, obtained the services of Mr. John Parkinson, B.A., 

 of St. John's College, Cambridge, to collate the data in hand. Mr. 

 Parkinson has devoted himself with much ability and zeal to the some- 

 what laborious task he undertook, and has prepared a most valuable 

 repoi't and map which the Committee are pleased to incorporate in 

 their report to the Council. 



