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The Scottish Naturalist. 



Section C. 



1. The Description and Illustration of the Fossil 



Phyllopoda of the Palaeozoic Rocks (£20; Sec, 



Professor T. R. Jones), is a work in which, necessarily, 

 only a few Societies and individuals in Scotland are in a 

 position to give real assistance. 



2. Carrying on the "Geological Record," G£ioo; Sec, 



Mr. W. Topley). Mr. Topley called attention to a circular 

 distributed among the Delegates, in which it was pointed 

 out that the " Geological Record " must be discontinued 

 for lack of support unless the number of subscribers was 

 increased, and he pressed the claims of the " Record " to 

 such support. 



3. The Collection, Preservation, and Systematic 



Registration of Photographs of Geological In- 

 terest G£io; Sec, Mr. O. W. Jeffs), is a work com- 

 mended to the Local Societies, since the local conditions 

 most favourable for obtaining such photographs can be 

 best appreciated by people living on or near the spot. 



4. Recording the Position, Height above the Sea, 



Lithological Characters, Size, and Origin of the 

 Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, 

 reporting other matters of interest connected 

 with the same, and taking measures for their 

 preservation, (£10 ; Sec, Dr. H. W. Crosskey). We 

 are not aware of the reason for Scotland being excluded 

 from the operations of this Committee, which has been in 

 existence for a number of years, and last year submitted 

 the Seventeenth Annual Report ; but there can be no hesi- 

 tation in recommending the subject to the favourable con- 

 sideration of the Local Societies in Scotland, where Erratic 

 Blocks are so numerous and wide-spread. A reference to 

 any of the later British Association Reports will show 

 sufficiently the nature of the information that has been 

 collected regarding the Erratic Blocks of the other parts 

 of the British Islands by the Committee. It is intended 

 to mark on a series of maps (the one-inch Ordnance Maps, 

 probably), the actual position of the boulders as recorded, 

 and also the character and place of origin of each, where 



