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Departments interested, and six from the British Association, the Institution 
of Civil Engineers; and such other bodies as they may decide to invite ; in 
addition, a Chairman to be nominated by the Committee of the Privy Council 
for Scientific and Industrial Research and a Secretary from the Department 
of Scientific and Industrial Research. 
Memorandum No. 2. 
The object of the survey is to ascertain the quantity of water present in 
surface and underground resources, and to compile records which would 
be made available to the public. ‘The Committee would not deal in any 
way with the use and allocation of water. 
The functions of the Committee would be : 
1. The division of the country into suitable areas for observation and 
record. 
2. The standardisation of apparatus and methods of observation, and the 
issue of instructions for the guidance of operators. 
3. The establishment of efficient gauges and measuring apparatus at 
convenient points on rivers and watercourses. 
4. The general direction of operations, including : 
(a) Gauge readings of the rise and fall of water levels in rivers and 
streams ; 
(b) Measurements of stream and river flow ; 
(c) Level readings of lakes and reservoirs ; 
(d) Compilation of lists of springs, wells and underground water 
resources, with records of yield ; 
(e) Calculation of discharges of rivers and streams, with compilation 
of tables therefrom ; 
(f) Taking of profiles of lake and river beds. 
5. The assemblage, collation and publication of the records and results 
obtained from the various local centres. 
6. Other matters connected with or arising out of the foregoing. 
This joint Sub-Committee met again on November 15, when Prof. 
P. G. H. Boswell intimated to them that the Council of the British Associa- 
tion were in touch with the Ministry of Health and had invited the co- 
operation of the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers in support of 
the two resolutions passed at the British Association meeting at Aberdeen. 
The second resolution, with reference to the registration of wells, was given 
verbally by Prof. Boswell. 
III. STATEMENT ON INLAND WATER SURVEY IN THE House oF COMMONS. 
On December 7, in answer to a question by Lt.-Col. Acland-Troyte, 
Sir Hilton Young, the Minister of Health, made the following statement : 
‘ After consultation with the Department of Scientific and Industrial 
Research and other Departments concerned, and with their co-operation, 
the Secretary of State for Scotland and I have decided that a comprehensive 
inland water survey shall be undertaken for Great Britain. ‘The informa- 
tion required for the purposes of the survey will be obtained by the Depart- 
ments from water undertakers, catchment boards, and other qualified 
bodies and persons. In cases where records are desirable but are not now 
