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REPORTS of the progress of the Geological Surveys in India and Canada have already been noticed in NATURE. The report of our home survey has since been issued by the Director-General, Sir Archibald Geikie. It is more voluminous than those of the other countries, and appears rather to be a full record than a “Summary” of the observations made during 1898 by the staff of the Survey. Whatever may be said concerning the state of our knowlege of geology in England and Wales, in Scotland and in Ireland, it cannot be gainsaid that very much remains to be done both from a scientific and a purely economic point of view. The report before us is a striking testimony to this, and when we consider the limited staff and poor equipment of our Survey, it is surprising how much has been done to further the progress of knowledge.
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Geological Survey of the United Kingdom 1 . Nature 61, 181–183 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/061181a0
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