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and assisted by delegates of the uni- 
versities, of the great learned and other 
societies, of the National Trust, of the 
Geological Survey, of the Committee 
for the Study and Survey of British 
Vegetation, and of county councils 
and other local authorities. 
To begin with, the end and aim 
of the committee must be precisely 
defined. Above all, registers or in- 
ventories and maps of the natural 
monuments of all parts of the country 
should be made, and it should there 
be noted if a natural monument 
has been hitherto unprotected, and 
if it is threatened by destruction. 
Illustrations of natural monuments 
should be made if they do not exist 
already. Particularly, when in any 
given case there is no chance of pre- 
serving the object itself before its ruin, 
at all events it should be preserved by 
photography or other kind of illus- 
