The United Kingdom 53 
The British Empire 
In the United Kingdom and its 
possessions, precedents already exist 
in the way of registering, mapping, 
protecting, and publishing accounts of 
natural monuments. 
The United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland 
Registration 
The whole of England, Wales, and 
Ireland has now been geologically sur- 
veyed. The first maps were published 
in 1834, but it was not until the follow- 
ing year that the Geological Survey 
was established as a separate institu- 
tion. Most parts of Scotland have 
also been surveyed by the Geological 
Survey. On such maps, many natural 
monuments are marked. Floristic 
