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scientific worthies, and so forth. Obviously, the Association must rely 
largely on its Corresponding Societies for information as to sites or objects 
which may be endangered. Suggestions are therefore invited from the 
Delegates as to the best method of procedure for obtaining information as 
to sites, etc., which should be preserved. 
Sir ALBerT E. Kitson, C.M.G., C.B.E—The necessity of recording 
well-sinkings and borings for water. 
The supply of information respecting the nature of strata found during 
boring operations, and the bearing of such on water supplies, is admittedly 
highly desirable. But registration of such information is not legally 
compulsory. 
Boring operations for water afford excellent opportunities to obtain this 
information, and it is advisable to do so. It has been urged that people 
actually operating the boring plants are not geologists, and so cannot give 
particulars of value. This is erroneous ; they can give the main results, 
leaving the details of strata to be supplied by geologists. 
The Geological Survey of Great Britain has done and is doing most 
valuable work in this as in all other sections of geology and can supplement 
such information. ‘The numerous activities of this and other kinds in this 
country, as for instance those of the recent drought, afford good opportunities 
in this direction, but it is only possible for the Geological Survey to arrange 
for visits to boring operations if informed of them. ‘There are, besides, 
large numbers of devoted non-professional geologists, widely dispersed 
throughout this country, who can safely be depended upon to assist in the 
matter. Further, the members of Corresponding Societies can also assist 
by notifying the Geological Survey of any such operations in their districts. 
Co-operation and co-ordination in this manner will give valuable in- 
formation—at present only obtainable in some cases—and be of great 
economic value to us. 
Tuesday, September 11. 
AFTERNOON (2.0). 
Prof. F. G. Batty.—National Parks for Scotland. 
A National Park in Scotland should contain some 200 square miles of 
mountain and moorland, glens and woods, lochs and rivers, with a dry 
climate. The primary object is to provide holiday ground among the hills, 
available to the public all over and at all times. Accommodation at low 
cost should be provided by huts, boarding houses, and camping grounds, 
that many classes of people who at present cannot afford a Highland 
holiday might enjoy a week or two. The Park should be under the control 
of a trust, rather than a government department, local representatives keep- 
ing in touch with the management. The area should be easily accessible 
from the towns, but not so near as to permit of day trips, which would 
introduce difficulties of control. ‘The expense of running the Park, some 
£5,000 a year, should be provided by the burghs and the Treasury. The 
Park would function also as a reserve for wild fauna, but under control by 
the wardens as to birds and beasts of prey, and suitable numbers of deer. 
The Cairngorm massif is suggested as fulfilling the requirements most 
nearly. 
