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lxxiv Annual Report of the Delegacy Publications appeared on the buried channel patterns on the ostracode faunas and on sediment movement Professor Prentice served on committees of the British Standards Institution the Port of London Authority the British Ceramic Research Association and the Field Studies Council Dr Howie served as member of the British National Com- mittee for Geology and was the representative on the Inter- national Commission on Geological Documenta ion He attended con- ferences at Paris and Tokyo Working Group 13B of the Commission Internationale de Micro- flore du Paleozoique held two-day meeting at the College in Sep- tember The first day's lectures were on various aspects of Lower and Middle Devonian palynology and stratigraphy and the second day was spent in the laboratory comparing palynological material from various parts of the world The meeting was attended by delegates from Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia France Germany North Africa and the The meetings were presided over by Professor Potonie Geologisches Landesamt Krefeld and Professor Dineley Bristol University Dr Richardson was the local secretary The departmental museum which contains important material in the Tennant Collection of Minerals and the gemstones and palaeonto- logical collections of Professor Gordon is now an Institutional Member of the Museums Association The Chief Technician Mr Rowland visited the Sudan and Uganda under the auspices of the Ministry of Overseas Development and the Inter-University Council to advise Survey and University Departments Work on marine apparatus in conjunction with the National Research Development Corporation resulted in patent being taken out for sediment sampler on behalf of Mr Congram The departmental photographer Miss Helen Cooper has won the Gallen- kamp Cup and five commendations in the Institute of Science Tech- nology International Photographic Competition Field classes were held in Devon Anglesey Dorset Scotland and the Forest of Dean Field and laboratory courses held at Rogate field centre again proved very satisfactory The Lyell Club's third Taylor Symposium' was concerned with the economic importance of sedimentology