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General Meeting, March 27th, 1906. 



The President, Sir William H. Bailey, in the Chair. 



The following resolution, proposed by Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, 

 M.Inst.C.E., and seconded by Mr. E. F. Lange, was carried : — 



" That before every Annual Meeting the out-going Council 

 " shall prepare ballot papers containing the names of 

 " Members whom they have nominated for election into 

 " the Council and for the various Offices. These ballot 

 "papers to contain the names of two new Members, 

 "due regard being taken that the various Literary and 

 " Philosophical interests of Manchester are adequately 

 "represented on the ballot papers. The President and 

 " Vice-Presidents shall, as far as possible, be selected 

 " for nomination from the out-going Members of 

 " Council. 



" A notice to be printed on the ballot papers 

 " pointing out that, while other names may be substituted 

 " for those nominated by the Council, the total number 

 " voted for must not exceed the number of vacancies, 

 " otherwise, the ballot paper will be considered void." 



Ordinary Meeting, March 27th, 1906. 

 The President, Sir William H. Bailey, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. 



Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, M.Inst.C.E., read a paper entitled, 

 "On Recent Mysterious Fractures of Steel Plates." 



The author briefly referred to the well-known failures of 

 steel plates of the boilers of the Imperial Russian Yacht "Livadia," 

 and to Mr. Maginnis's experiences with two brittle marine boilers. 



