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of wild scenery, of which the cost is to be defrayed wholly or in part 
from the national exchequer. In relation to national reservations of cliff 
lands Cornwall has a pre-eminent claim, not only on account of the rugged 
grandeur of the rocks but of its blue oceanic waters and mild oceanic 
climate. The peninsula of the Land’s End, with its granite rampart, is the 
most important part, but there are other stretches of the Cornish coast 
which should be included, notably the cliffs of dark blue slate from Tintagel 
to Boscastle and parts of the Lizard peninsula. In this connection it is 
important to free the mind from the idea that each nationally administered 
portion of cliff land is to be reckoned as an individual National Park ; 
rather should we conceive all the portions of cliff land placed under the 
National Park Authority as constituting together a reservation equivalent 
to one of the proposed inland National Parks, as that of the Lake District or 
the Welsh National Park of Snowdonia. 
Mr. J. E. G. Mosspy.—Some aspects of land utilisation in Norfolk (10.45). 
Organisation of the survey in Norfolk, number of volunteers taking part, 
and methods employed in carrying out the work from 1931 to 1935. Ways 
and means used by the editors to produce the five 1-inch maps relating to 
this area, viz. Cromer, Norwich, Swaffham, Fakenham and Thetford. 
‘These maps cover the greater part of Norfolk and some adjoining parts of 
Suffolk. 
The conclusions of the paper are based on (1) the patterns suggested by 
the 1-inch sheets ; (2) a personal knowledge of the area, and (3) a study of 
such factors as physical features, soils, economic conditions, land owner- 
ship, etc. 
Conclusions —1. On the good loams of north-east Norfolk arable farming 
still continues despite changes in the prices of farm produce, government 
policy and change of ownership. 
2. The introduction of sugar beet has enabled a large number of farmers 
to keep their lands in cultivation. 
3. Change of ownership is often accompanied by a change in the utilisa- 
tion of the land, especially in the boulder-clay areas. 
4. On the sandy lands and Breck soils the amount of land going out of 
cultivation is assuming alarming proportions. Such land is reverting to 
stony wastes, and it is in these districts that the activities of the Forestry 
Commission are most pronounced. 
5. In the marginal areas between the chalk uplands and the rich loams 
the presence or absence of suitable roads sometimes decides the land 
utilisation policy of the farmer. 
The paper includes illustrations from Great Hockham and the neighbour- 
ing parishes. 
Mr. N. V. Scarre.—The agricultural geography of Essex (11.30). 
From a study of the correlations between soil, land utilisation and settle- 
ment in Essex it will be obvious that a zoning of agricultural patterns, 
relative to the conurbation of the south-west, has evolved. Soil differences 
add considerable complexity to the cultural landscape in each zone. 
Within twelve miles of London is a very densely settled region, on the 
fringes of which has developed a very intensive form of market gardening. 
Beyond this, and concentric with it, is a zone, five miles in width, with much 
sparser settlement where dairy farming is the chief occupation. From this 
zone as far as thirty miles from London extends an area of recent residential 
