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secretary's report. 
At the April Council Meeting a letter was read from 
Mr. J. H. Howarth, F.G.S., embodj^ing a suggestion for a more 
complete examination of the underground waters of Malham and 
Clapham by means of delicate chemical tests, and conveying a 
generous offer from Mr. George Bray, of Headingley, to bear 
the necessary costs of such an investigation. This suggestion 
was warmly adopted by the Council, and a Committee, consist- 
ing of the members of the Council, together with Messrs. G. 
Bray (Leeds), F. Swann, B.Sc. (Ilkley), S. W. Cuttriss (Leeds), 
and Walter Morrison, M.P. (INIalham Tarn), with power to add 
to their number, was appointed to conduct the investigation. 
Subsequently Messrs. W. Ackroyd, F.I.C. (Llalifax), B. A. Burrell, 
F.I.C. (Leeds), J. W. Broughton (Skipton), J. A. Bean (Wake 
field), and Professors Smithells and Procter and Dr. J. Cohen, 
of the Yorkshire College, were added to the Committee. Five 
meetings of the Committee were held in Leeds, and a special 
meeting was called at Malham, for June 21st and 22nd, to 
carry out the arrangements agreed upon. Sub-committees were 
appointed to carry out special gauging, chemical, and geological 
investigations. The whole of the work was carried out with 
immense pains and care, and has resulted in a distinct gain 
to the knowledge of the underground waters of Malham and their 
movements. A small sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. C. W. 
Fennell, F.G.S., J. A. Bean, F. W. Branson, F.I.C, W. Ackroyd, 
F.I.C, P. F. Kendall, F.G.S., J. H. Howarth, F.G.S., and W. L. 
Carter, F.G.S., was appointed to draw up an abstract and arrange 
for its presentation to the British Association at their Dover 
meeting. By desire of the Sub-committee the abstract was drafted 
by Mr. J. H. Howarth, approved at a subsequent meeting, and 
presented to the Geological Section of the British Association 
by Mr. P. F. Kendall, who also was authorised to apply for a sub- 
stantial grant in aid of the continuation of these investigations. 
The results arrived at were embodied in the following set of con- 
clusions, which were unanimously adopted by the Sub-committee : — 
1. The observations upon the gauges showed that a flush of 
water let in at the Tarn Water Sinks during a period of 2| hours 
