316 REPORTS ON 'THE STATE OF SCIENCE, 
Life-zones in the British Carboniferous Rocks.—Report of the Com- 
mittee, consisting of Mr. J .K. Marr (Chairman), Dr. WHEELTON 
Hinp (Secretary), Dr. F. A. Baraer, Mr. G. C. Crick, Dr. 
A. H. Foorp, Mr. H. Fox, Professor E. J. Garwoop, Dr. G. J. 
HinbDE, Professor P. F. Kenpatt, Mr. R. Kipston, Mr. G. W. 
LampLuGu, Professor G. A. Lepour, Mr. B. N. Peacu, Mr. A. 
Strawan, Dr. A. VauGHAN, and Dr. H. Woopwarp. 
THE part of the Report for 1906 which deals with the carboniferous zones 
in Flintshire was founded on work done by Dr. Hind and Mr. Stobbs. 
Their conclusions were presented in a paper read before the Geological 
Society of London on April 4, 1906. The Committee are not unanimously 
in agreement with some of the conclusions. On reference to the ‘ Abstr. 
Proc. Geol. Soc.,’ No. 827 (1906), pp. 88-92, it will be seen that differences of 
opinion exist both as to the sequence and classification of the carboniferous 
rocks of Flintshire. 
In 1895, at the meeting of the Association at Ipswich, a paper was 
read before Section C by Messrs. Garwood and Marr in which they 
suggested ‘that a Committee be appointed to inquire into the possibility 
of dividing the carboniferous rocks into zones, to call the attention of 
local observers to the desirability of collecting fossils with this view, and, 
if possible, to retain the services of eminent specialists to whom these 
fossils may be submitted.’ + 
As the result of that paper the present Committee was appointed at 
the same meeting. 
Much has since been done, largely owing to the work of the Com- 
mittee, and especially by the researches of Dr. A. Vaughan, whose well- 
known paper on the ‘ Paleontological Sequence in the Carboniferous 
Limestone of the British Area’ has in an eminently successful manner 
shown the possibility of the task for the consideration of which the 
Committee was initially appointed. 
In these circumstances the Committee feel that the purpose for which 
they were appointed has been accomplished. Furthermore, another Com- 
mittee has recently been appointed to enable Dr. Vaughan to continue his 
researches on the Faunal Succession in the Carboniferous Limestone of the 
British Isles with a grant. It seems undesirable to ask the Committee 
of Recommendations to make grants to two Committees for work of the 
same character. The Committee do not seek therefore reappointment. 
The Committee in submitting this final report desire to place on 
record their appreciation of the energy and enthusiasm of their secretary, 
Dr. Wheelton Hind. 
Report on the work done by means of the Grant and otherwise. 
Drawn up by the Secretary. 
Mr. H. Bolton, in an admirable paper, brought before the Geological 
Society the work he had done on the fauna of a marine horizon at the base 
of the Bristol coalfield, a work towards which a portion of the grant was 
applied some two years ago. His paper will doubtless appear in the 
Society’s Quarterly Journal, and it is unnecessary to say more here. 
' Report Brit. Assoc,, 1895 [Ipswich], p. 696. 
