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the sea, and various schemes were submitted and discussed. % 

 So far as we have been able to learn, however, no practical 

 result seems to have accrued up to the present. 



In previous years this Committee has taken measurements 

 of the distance between the cliff edge and Sands Cottage, which 

 is situated just north of the promenade at Old Bridlington. 

 A year or two ago this cottage was quite close to the cliffs. 

 The promenade, however, has now been extended beyond the 

 cottage, and a road has been made and a sea-wall erected in 

 front of it. The actual distance of the cottage from the edge 

 of the sea-wall is therefore now much greater than it was from 

 the cliff edge a short time ago. This should be borne in mind in 

 calculating future measurements at this point. 



From the various articles and letters which have appeared in 

 different local papers recently, some of which are interesting, 

 some accurate, and some neither, the Committee has every 

 confidence that the ultimate result of its work will be of some 

 permanent value. 



The Committee record, with regret, the death of their 

 member, the late Rev. Canon Maddock, M.A., of Patrington. 

 Mr. Maddock had been a member of the Committee since its 

 formation in 1888, and devoted some attention to the erosion of 

 the Holderness cliffs. 



The following is the present Committee : — Chairman, Rev. 

 E. M. Cole, M.A., The Vicarage, Wetwang ; Secretary, Thos. 

 Sheppard, F.G.S., The Museum, Hull; J. W. Stather, F.G.S., 

 Hull; F. F. Walton, F.G.S., Hull; and W. Y. Veitch, M.R.C.S., 

 Middlesbrough. 



P.S. — 25th March 1901. — In view of the recent articles which 

 have appeared in the Hull papers in reference to the alleged 

 'alarming' state of affairs in south Holderness, during the 

 present month (March) the writer has visited the district, and 

 carefully examined the cliffs, especially in the vicinity of Kilnsea 

 Lane end, where it is stated the great danger lies. There was 

 abundant evidence everywhere of the great destruction being 

 carried on by the sea. Large strips of land, in some instances 

 several yards across, had become detached and partly slipped 

 down the cliffs. Several falls of clay, obviously recent, were 

 noticed. One or two small falls were actually seen to take 

 place. Undoubtedly, as will be seen when the measurements 



X See 4 Eastern Morning- News,' 1st February 1000. 



iqoi April 1. 



