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Ministry of Health, but once this has been obtained by the
builders it will be too late to take action.
In a paper by Sir Albert Kitson on "The necessity of re-
cording well-sinkings and borings for water" an appeal was
made to members of the Corresponding Societies to notify the
Geological Survey of any boring operations in their districts
so that visits could be arranged and information obtained re-
specting the nature of the strata.
At the second meeting of the Delegates three papers were
read, two on "National Parks for Scotland" by Prof. F. G.
Baily and Mr. P. Thomsen respectively, and the other on "Popu-
lation maps, their preparation and significance" by Mr. A.
Farquharson.
In Prof. Baily's paper a plea was made for the preservation of
the Cairngorms, covering some two hundred square miles, as a
desirable area which fulfilled most of the requirements of such a
national reserve. The initial cost was estimated at about
£50,000 and the administrative expenses at about £5,000 a year.
Mr. Thomsen in his paper claimed that Great Britain as a whole
ought to have eventually 6,000 square miles of National Parks,
of which 2,000 should be in Scotland, and advocated the forma-
tion of a new Government Department to be called the National
Park Commission.
OBITUARY.
Ellen Willmott, F.L.S., V.M.H.
By the sudden death, on September 27th, 1934, of Miss Ellen
Willmott, our Club has to mourn the loss of a respected member
of its Council, a member of twenty-seven years' standing and a
gracious personality.
Her repeated invitations to the Club to visit her beautiful
gardens at Warley Place were eagerly responded to by our
members and her personal conduct of her guests on these occasions
was very highly appreciated. Her intimate knowledge of her
plants, each of them with its special association and an individual
history known to its owner, was a matter of marvel to her visitors.
Only so recently as July last a further visit to Warley was paid
which will be fresh in the memories of those who had the good
fortune to be of the party, and the hope was then expressed by our