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which is attested by history and indicated by Pettersson on the basis of 

 astronomical evidence. A slide of the reclaimed ' warplands ' of the 

 Holderness shore of the Humber is presented, together with others showing 

 the condition of the Humber as depicted in old charts from c. 1580 onwards. 

 These old charts, widely varying in their value as evidence, indicate stages 

 in the warping process and suggest that, below Hull, the deep-water channel 

 has not substantially changed since the time of Elizabeth. 



Mr. O. Borer.— r^e Wash (2.15). 



The river system of the North Sea after the Glacial period ; the source 

 of the silt in the Wash ; the direction of the channels in 1829, 1873, 1924 

 and 1936. 



Reclamation in the Wash since Roman times and now in hand. 



Changes in the Outfalls of the Ouse, Nene and Witham and the effect on 

 reclamation. 



Afternoon. 



Visit to the River Great Ouse Catchment Board and the model of the 

 Great Ouse. 



Tuesday, August 23. 



Discussion on Some aspects of the regional concept (lo.o). 



(Dr. S. W. WooLDRiDGE, Dr. R. E. Dickinson, Dr. R. O. Buchanan, 

 Miss H. G. Wanklyn, Prof. C. Daryll Forde.) 



Afternoon. 

 Dr. E. H. Selwood. — The classification of communities by occupations 



(2-I5)- 



Using the Census Tables an estimate may be made of the occupational 

 mode of thought of a community. A number of communities are domi- 

 nated by outstanding occupations but the remaining categories are not 

 negligible in arriving at an appreciation of the character. The following 

 classes may well be recognised : — agricultural, mining, craft and service 

 (health) types of communities. 



As in all biological subjects there are intermediate cases and sub-classes 

 must be recognised. 



There has been little change in the occupational character of communities 

 in the decade 1921-31 ; a small increase in the percentage of transport 

 workers, a decided increase in the trading and personal-attendant groups 

 and a decrease in the manufacturing (craft) group (not so striking if the 

 class containing the undefined and unemployed be distributed). 



After the definite types have been culled from the whole, there remain a 

 number of ' balanced ' communities from which it is possible to define such 

 terms as ' fishing community,' market town, port and ' residential town,' 

 but no definite concept can be given to the term ' county-town.' 



Mr. E. W. Gilbert.— TAe growth of inland and seaside health resorts 

 (3-0). 

 The inland and seaside health resorts now form an important feature of 

 Enghsh Hfe, but they receive only a very brief mention in the standard 



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