522 Reports & Proceedings — British Association. 



Br. J. W. Evans, F.R.S. — The Correlation of the Marine Devonian 

 of the United Kingdom with that of other Countries. 



Br. M. C. Stopes. — The Mesozoic Flora of the Bournemouth District. 



Br. W. T. Ord. — Bournemouth Bay and its Erosion. 



Reports of Committees. 



Excursion to Barton and Hordle Cliff. 



Excursion to Swanage. — Leader, Sir Aubrey Strahan. 



Excursion to Lul worth. — Leader, Sir Aubrey Strahan. 



Excursion to Corfe. — Leader, Dr. W. T. Ord. 



Excursion to Kimmeridge and Neighbourhood. — Leader, Mr. J. 

 Pringle, H.M. Geological Survey. 



Papers read in other Sections bearing on Geology. 

 Section D (Zoology). 

 Mr. C. Tate Regan, F.R.S. — The Geographical Distribution of Fresh- 

 water Fishes, with special reference to the past history of 

 Continents. 

 Mr. B. M. S. Watson. — Palaeontology and the Evolution Theory. 

 Joint meeting of Section C with Section D (Zoology) in the Rooms of 



Section C. 

 Excursion to Corfe. — Leader, Dr. W. T. Ord. 



Section K (Botany). 



Presidential Address by Sir Baniel Morris, K. C.M.G. 



Br. B. H. Scott, F.R.S. — The Relation of Seed Plants to the higher 

 Cryptogams. 



Br. M. C. Slopes. — Plants in relation to the four parts of true Coal. 



Mr. E. Heron- Allen, F.R.S., and Mr. A. Earland.—A. Study of the 

 Foraminiferal Species Verneuilina polystropha (Reuss), and some 

 experiments in its cultivation in hypertonic sea-water and gem- 

 sand. 



Mr. BZ. Moncton. — The Flora of the District of the London Clay. 



II. — Abstracts of Papers read before the British Association 

 (Section C, Geology) at Bournemouth, 1919. 



1. The Post-Tertiary Deposits of the Bournemouth Area. By 

 Reginald A. Smith. 



The temporary exhibition of paloeoliths from the Bournemouth 

 district suggests further inquiry into the age and character of the 

 beds in which they are found. Gravel is widely distributed over 

 the high ground between the Stour and the coast at about 100 feet O.D., 

 and the implements are often found at the base of deep deposits in an 

 unrolled condition, and therefore presumably in situ. The current 

 view is that the gravels were laid down by a great river flowing 

 eastward between the present coastline and a southern bank 

 connecting the Needles with the Isle of Purbeck ; but in view of 

 similar discoveries on St. Catherine's Hill (between the Avon and 

 Stour and close to their junction), it seems likely that the Bourne- 

 mouth gravels were originally continuous with those of the New 

 Forest, and that the implements were embedded in them before the 

 present valleys of the Stour and Avon were deeply cut. Several 



