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VII. The Committee recommends that, in order to continue its work 
with a view to achieving the objects outlined in the report of 1933, it be 
re-appointed for another year with a grant of £100. 
The Report of the joint sub-Committee is appended (A). 
A. 
INLAND WATER SURVEY. 
JomnT SusB-CoMMITTEE OF BRITISH ASSOCIATION AND INSTITUTION 
OF CiviL ENGINEERS COMMITTEES. 
July 25, 1934. 
Joint Committee's Report to Main Committees. 
Resulting from the meetings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Com- 
mittee on June 8 and of the Research Committee of the British Association 
on June 11, a joint sub-Committee was formed to discuss ‘ which Govern- 
ment department or departments should be approached in the matter, and 
the best method of approach.’ 
Mr. W. J. E. Binnie, Mr. T. E. Hawksley and Capt. W. N. McClean 
were appointed by the former Committee and Vice-Adml. Sir Percy Douglas, 
Dr. Brysson Cunningham and Mr. W. T.. Halcrow by the latter Committee. 
The Joint Committee held its first meeting on June 13; all members 
were present and Vice-Adml. Sir Percy Douglas was unanimously elected 
Chairman. 
It was agreed that the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research was 
the right department to approach, and the Committee recommended that a 
deputation wait on the Prime Minister with a Memorandum presenting the 
case for the organisation of Inland Water Survey under the auspices of the 
above-named department. 
The second meeting of the Joint Committee was held on Monday, June 18, 
and all members were present. 
The draft Memorandum prepared by Dr. Brysson Cunningham, at the 
request of the Committee, was considered, amended, and approved. 
The Memorandum was then submitted to Sir James Jeans, President of 
the British Association, and to Sir Henry Maybury, President of the Institu- 
tion of Civil Engineers ; the Committee requesting their consideration as 
to whether the Prime Minister should be invited to receive a deputation 
forthwith. 
The two Presidents agreed to present the Memorandum, a copy of which 
is attached together with the letter accompanying it. (See B, below.) 
The Deputation met Sir Hilton Young, Minister of Health, on July 17, 
and the official report which was given in The Times of July 18 reads as 
follows : 
“WATER RESOURCES 
‘SUGGESTED NATIONAL SURVEY. 
‘Sir Hilton Young, the Minister of Health, who was accompanied by 
representatives of the various Departments concerned, received a deputa- 
tion yesterday from the British Association and the Institution of Civil 
Engineers. 
“The deputation was introduced, in the unavoidable absence of Sir 
James Jeans, by Sir Henry Maybury, and there were present Sir Percy 
Douglas, Sir Richard Redmayne, Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, Capt. W. N. 
McClean, Dr. Jefftott, and Dr. O. J. R. Howarth. 
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