CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORLD CRISIS— KENT'S CAVERN 303 



CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORLD CRISIS. 



Report of Committee on Chronology of the World Crisis (Prof. J. H. Jones, 

 Chairman ; Dr. P. Ford, Secretary ; Prof. G. C. Allen, Mr. H. M. 

 Hallsworth, C.B.E., Mr. R. F. Harrod, Mr. A. Radford, Prof. 

 J. G. Smith). 



(1) It was resolved (a) that a comprehensive survey be made of the 

 economic position of Great Britain, as shown by evidence of a general 

 character, and that a sub-committee be appointed to be responsible for the 

 preliminary draft ; (b) that further chapters be prepared for the following 

 groups of industries, the persons named to be invited to undertake responsi- 

 bility for the work. 



1. Agriculture .... Messrs. C. S. Orwin, A. W. Ashby. 



2. Fuel, Power and Chemicals . Prof. J. H. Jones and colleagues. 



3. Metals and Shipbuilding . . Messrs. McCallum, E. Allen. 



4. Transport, including shipping . Mr. Hallsworth, Dr. K. G. Fene- 



lon. 



5. Textiles .... Messrs. Jewkes, A. N. Shimmin, 



and Prof. Daniels to be con- 

 sulted. 



6. Finance .... Prof. J. G. Smith. 



7. Distribution .... Dr. P. Ford. 



Persons responsible for 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 have accepted. 



(2) The members of the sub-committee to be responsible for the 

 preliminary draft : Prof. Jones, Chairman ; Profs. J. G. Smith, G. C. Allen, 

 Mr. H. M. Hallsworth. Dr. Fay to be asked to serve if he wishes. Prof. 

 Jones to make the first draft and to circulate. 



KENT'S CAVERN. 



Report of Committee appointed to co-operate with the Torquay Antiquarian 

 Society in investigating Kent's Cavern (Sir A. Keith, F.R.S., Chair- 

 man ; Prof. J. L. Myres, O.B.E., F.B.A., Secretary ; Mr. M. C. 

 Burkitt, Dr. R. V. Favell, Miss D. A. E. Garrod, Mr. A. D. 

 Lacaille). 



The following report has been received from the excavators : 



' This season, between October 28, 1935, and May 11, 1936, thirty-three 

 days have been occupied in digging out the central part of the " Vestibule " 

 of Kent's Cavern, thus continuing work commenced in 1932. A depth 

 of 21 ft. 6 ins. below the original stalagmitic floor has been arrived at, and 

 it is hoped that exploration will proceed from that point next season, for 

 there still appears plenty of cave earth mixed with limestone fragments, in 

 which artifacts and other interesting finds are likely to be discovered. 

 From the fairly even distribution of teeth and bones it is evident that the 

 introduction of cave earth was slow, for otherwise probably they would 

 have been found massed together, if they had been subjected to frequent 

 inrushes of water. 



' As lower levels are being reached, so the quantity of specimens seems to 



