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They were trying to adopt the remedies suggested, and when a report 

 was issued he would hand it to Mr. Whitaker. 



Mr. Holgate remarked that in the neighbourhood of Leeds they had 

 Coal- Measures, and had found a different kind of water at each level. 

 Tliis was the case throughout the coal-basin. 



Erratic Blocks. — Mr. Murdoch said that it seemed a pity that the 

 labours of the Ei-ratic Blocks Committee were confined to England and 

 Ireland. The work in Scotland had been by no means so completely 

 done as was commonly supposed. 



Mr. Gray said that in Ireland they had issued their fii-st report on 

 erratic blocks. 



Professor Blake wished to inform the representatives of the local 

 societies that, being engaged in examining the microzoa of clays, par- 

 ticularly of Jurassic clays, he would be much obliged if they could send 

 him samples of fossiliferous clays from various parts of the country. He 

 would be glad to report to the sender on the general character of these 

 clays and their microzoa. There was another matter he should like to 

 take the opportunity of mentioning to them. For the past three years 

 he had published a book ('Annals of British Geology') which contained 

 abstracts of the geological papers read before the local as well as the 

 London societies. It had not hitherto been self-supporting, though the 

 loss was decreasing. He had failed to get a grant from the British 

 Association, and could no longer afford to publish at a loss, so, though 

 the manuscript for the fourth volume was ready, he could not publish it 

 unless he received additional promises of support. As this state of things 

 was, in all probability, unknown to most of the local societies and their 

 representatives, he had taken this opportunity of mentioning it. 

 Mr. Whitaker trusted Mr. Blake's remarks would cause an increased 

 sale to that most useful work, the ' Annals of British Geology.' 



Geological Photographs. — Mr. Jeffs stated that they laad received 

 1,055 photographs. Some districts were totally unrejDresented, possibly 

 from want of photographers. The Geological Photographs Committee 

 had passed a resolution recommending the Council of the Biitish Asso- 

 ciation, whose property the collection was, to deposit it in the Museum 

 of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London. As to the question of 

 publication, they had not yet found a publisher who would take the 

 matter up. 



The Rev. H. H. Winwood had found great difl&culty in getting 

 an amateur to photograph geological sections. Professional men Avere 

 sometimes worse. 



Section E. 



Mr. Sowerbutts remarked that last year he had promised to give 

 a report of the examination in geography at the primary schools of 

 Cheshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire. Every delegate had received a 

 copy of that report. They had come to the conclusion that geography 

 would never be taught satisfactorily unless it was made a compulsory 

 subject. It was disgraceful that geography was so badly taught, or 

 utterly neglected, in the schools of a country which had territory in 

 every part of the world. They had been pleased, however, to notice 

 that much progress had been made in some of the primary schools by 

 the institution of school museums. It was a singular fact that in 



