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RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 
Chairman : — Mr. F. W. Branson, F.I.C. 
Present : — Messrs. J. E. Wilson, W. Ackroyd, F. Swann, 
G. Bray, C. W. Fennell, J. E. Bedford, S. AV. Cuttriss, G. 
Bingley, P. F. Kendall, J. W. Stather, E. D. Wellburn, J. J. 
Wilkinson, J. W. Broiighton, J. H. Howartli, and W. L. Carter 
(Hon. Sec). 
The Hon. Secretary read the minute of the Council con- 
stituting the Committee. 
Letters of regret for non-attendance were read from Messrs. 
W. Gregson, J. T. Atkinson, R. Reynolds, and W. Morrison, 
M.P. 
The Hon. Secretary proposed that ^Messrs. B. A, Burrell 
(Leeds), W. Ackroyd (Halifax), and J. W. Broughton (Skipton) 
be added to the Committee. Carried unanimous]3\ 
Resolved. — That this Committee shall undertake the further 
investigation of the underground waters of Malham and Clapham. 
After a lengtliened conversation as to the tests to be used 
and the method of their application, the following suggestions 
were agreed upon : — 
(1.) That the streams leading to the various water-sinks 
"be gauged at the time when the tests are made. 
(2.) That common salt be the chief chemical test to be used; 
and that a lithium test be associated with it if 
necessary. 
Resolved. — That Messrs. F. W. Branson, AV. Ackroyd, F. 
Swann, G. Biay, and W. Morrison, M.P., be a Sub-Committee 
to make a preliminary survey of the water-sinks and outlets at 
Malham, and to report on the best arrangements for making 
the necessary chemical tests. 
Resolved.— That Messrs. C. W. Fennell and S. W. Cuttriss 
be a Sub-Committee to make a preliminary survey of the streams 
which feed the water-sinks and of the outlets at Malham, and 
to report as to the best method of gauging the flow of water 
at the time of the tests. 
