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bottled him up inside the metal walls of the engine it- 

 self, like one of the genii of mythical fancy pent up in a 

 magic jar, and ever struggling to escape from his prison. 



With the aid of our tame giant we are enabled to 

 'Outstrip the fastest steed on land, the fish in the sea, 

 and the bird in the clouds, so there are no more king- 

 doms for us to invade and conquer. How much further 

 progress will be made it is impossible to predict, except 

 to venture the opinion that, while steam still holds the 

 field in most cases where large powers are required, this 

 supremacy will shortly be seriously challenged by its 

 more modern rival. In this development the services of 

 the engineer will be largely dependent on the researches 

 of the chemist into matters pertaining to the treatment 

 <Tf fuels, and on the metallurgist for the production of 

 special alloys and other materials to resist the onerous 

 conditions of service. 



Mr. Henderson moved a vote of thanks to the President 

 for his interesting and valuable address. 



The following office-bearers were declared elected 

 unopposed for 1913 : — 



President— H. C. Richards, M.Sc. 



Vice-President — J. Shirley, D.Sc. 



Hon. Treasurer — J. C. Briinnich, F.I.C. 



Hon. Secretary — F. Bennett. 



Hon. Librarian — T. Harvey Johnston, D.Sc. 



Assistant Hon. Librarian — D. C. Gillies. 



A ballot among J. F. Bailey, E. C. Barton, A.M.I.C.E., 

 E. H. Gurney, Professor Priestley, P. L. Weston, B.Sc, B.E., 

 R. Hamlyn-Harris, D.Sc, resulted in the election of the five 

 former as Councillors. 



Mr. G. Watkins was re-elected Hon. Auditor. 



The new President was then inducted to the chair, 

 and returned thanks for his election. 



The Report from the Delegates to the Melbourne 

 Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science was read. 



On the motion of Mr. Barton, the President and Mr. 

 Weston were deputed to meet the Decimal Association's 

 Tepresentatives on April 1st, 1913, and the meeting term- 

 inated. 



