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THE final report of the Royal Commission on Mining Subsidence,1 appointed on Mar. 17, 1924, has recently been published. The Corn- mission wa asked to inquire into the operation of the law relating to support of the surface, by underlying minerals, the extent and gravity of the damage caused by subsidence owing to the extraction of minerals, and to report as to what steps should be taken by legislation or otherwise to remedy equitably the hardships that may arise in existing conditions—a wide and controversial field—and Lord Blanesborough, the chairman, is to be congratulated, not only in securing unanimity, but also in having presented an admirable and lucid report.
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REDMAYNE, R. Causes and Effects of Mining Subsidence. Nature 120, 622–624 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120622a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/120622a0