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IN the discussion which followed the reading of Dr. Brysson Cunningham's Paper on National Inland Water Survey, a summary of which appears on p. 443 of this issue, Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Douglas, the chairman of the British Association Research Committee on the subject, described the work of the Committee subsequent to the date of the reception of the deputation by the Minister of Health, and expressed the gratification which he felt at the unanimous agreement of the members of the Committee on a draft outline of the scope of the survey which had been drawn up and forwarded to the British Association, and which he hoped would be recorded in the Geographical Journal, for which purpose he read the several items. Dr. H. R. Mill spoke of the association of the Royal Geographical Society with water survey, and alluded in particular to the observations made on the Exe and the Medway with which he had been connected. Sir Henry Lyons, chairman of the new Survey Committee, welcomed the interest taken in the matter, and said that as his Committee had only just met quite recently for the first tune, it would be premature at present for him to express any views on the course of action which he and his colleagues might decide to take. Capt. W. N. McClean described the more important features of River Flow Records, and showed how he had built up an organisation which he considered might be of great assistance in the work of river and stream gauging. Mr. G. J. Griffiths, chief engineer of the Thames Conservancy Board, emphasised the value of river flow records and the advantage which had accrued from having prolonged observations at Teddington and elsewhere; he considers a national survey to be long overdue. Dr. Bernard Smith dealt with the importance of observations relating to underground water and the necessity of prosecuting researches thereon in all practicable directions.
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National Inland Water Survey. Nature 135, 424 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135424c0
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