XXVI 
FIFTH REPORT— 1S35. 
GEOLOGY. 
Resolutions of the Committee . 
1. That it be represented to the Government that the ad¬ 
vancement of various branches of science is greatly retarded by 
the want of an accurate map of the whole of the British Islands, 
and that the expediting the completion of the still unfinished or 
unpublished portions of the Ordnance Survey is much to be de¬ 
sired. 
2. That measurements should be made, and the necessary 
data procured, to determine the question of the permanence or 
change of the relative level of Sea and Land on the coasts of 
Great Britain and Ireland ; and that for this purpose, a sum not 
exceeding 100/. be placed at the disposal of a Sub-committee, 
consisting of Mr. Greenough, Mr. Lubbock, Mr. G. Rennie, 
Prof. Sedgwick, Mr. Stevenson, and the Rev. W. Whewell:— 
the measurements to be so executed, as to furnish the means of 
reference in future times, not only as to the relative levels of 
the land and sea, but also as to waste or extension of the land. 
3. That Prof. Phillips be requested to draw up, with such co¬ 
operation as he may procure, a Systematic Catalogue of all the 
organized Fossils of Great Britain and Ireland, hitherto described, 
with such new species as he may have an opportunity of accu¬ 
rately examining*. 
4. That Mr. John Taylor be requested to collect detailed sec¬ 
tions of the Carboniferous series of Flintshire, with a view to a 
comparison with the same series in other parts of England;— 
with a view also of ascertaining the circumstances under which 
the Mountain Limestone is developed, after its suppression in 
certain coal-fields in the central parts of England. 
5. That the attention of geologists be invited to those coal 
districts in the midland counties of England, where, the Car¬ 
boniferous Limestone and Old Red Sandstone being deficient, 
the coal measures rest immediately on the Grauwacke and Trans¬ 
ition rocks ;—with a view to discover whether any circum¬ 
stances connected with the physical structure of that part of the 
island can be stated, explanatory of the local absence of the two 
great formations above mentioned. 
6. That the direction, intersection, inclination, and breadth 
of the non-metalliferous Fissures which cross the planes of the 
strata, and in some instances divide many contiguous strata, 
* Tliis catalogue is commenced, several monographs are composed. Com¬ 
munications, lists of organic remains, notices of localities, and specimens of new 
or undescribed species, may be addressed to Professor Phillips, Museum, York. 
