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kept, measures will be undertaken to encourage the keeping of the necessary 
records. A Water Survey Committee, composed of persons outside Govern- 
ment Departments, will be appointed to advise on the survey and on the 
progress of measures undertaken. In the constitution of the Committee 
attention will be paid to the inclusion of both scientific and practical experi- 
ence. It will be open to the Water Survey Committee to make recom- 
mendations on any further measures which they consider necessary for the 
purposes of the survey, and, particularly in the annual report, to state their 
views on the survey and to set out the conclusions to be drawn from the 
information received. Preliminary work has already been put in hand, 
and I hope shortly to announce the members of the Committee.’ 
The joint Sub-Committee of the British Association and Institution of 
Civil Engineers met on December 12, following the statement of Sir Hilton 
Young. 
It was reported that the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers 
had agreed to the request from the Council of the British Association to 
support them on the lines of the two resolutions aforementioned, passed at 
the Aberdeen Meeting of the British Association, and that the Council of 
the British Association had received from the Government the official copy 
of Sir Hilton Young’s statement in the House. 
At the direction of the joint Sub-Committee, the Secretary wrote to the 
Secretary of the British Association as follows, and received the following 
reply : 
To O. J. R. Howartu, Esq., 
Secretary, British Association. 12th December, 1934. 
INLAND WATER SURVEY. 
Foint Sub-Committee of British Association and Institution of 
Civil Engineers Committees. 
Dear Sir,—I am desired by the Chairman of this Committee and of the 
British Association Research Committee, appointed at Aberdeen, to inquire 
of the British Association if any reply to their resolution and memoranda 
sent to you on the 19th October may be expected, he having had no official 
communication to date from the British Association, although certain Press 
notices and a report of Sir Hilton Young’s speech appearing in Hansard 
of the 7th December, 1934, lead him to believe that certain action by the 
Government may be expected in the near future. 
An early reply will be appreciated. 
Yours faithfully, 
(Sged.) W. N. McCrean, 
Honorary Secretary. 
To Capt. W. N. McCtean, 
Parliament Mansions, 
Victoria Street, S.W. 1. 14th December, 1934. 
Dear Sir,—In regard to the resolution and memoranda forwarded by 
you on October 19. The following are extracts from the Council Minutes. 
Nov. 2. 
“The General Secretaries were instructed to consult the Institution of 
Civil Engineers and to co-operate with it in any action on the above resolu- 
tion’ (which had been circulated, with memoranda. This was done, and 
_ the I.C.E. expressed willingness to co-operate). 
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