VIU CONTENTS. 



PAGES 



G. On the Sewerage Question, and the Desh-ahility of introducing 

 the Pneumatic System invented by Captain Liernur. By 

 Benjamin Backhouse, H.A.R.I.B.A., Chairman of the City 

 of Sydney Improvement Board . . . . . • 408-410 



Section I. — Literature and Fine Arts. 



Address by R. H. Eoe, President of the Section . . . . 411-423 



1. National Art as applied to the Colony. By Kenneth Watkins 423 



2. The Horse in connection with Art. By G. Thistlethwaite . . 423 



Section J. — Architecture and Engineering. 



Address by John Sulman, F.R.I.B.A., President of the Section, on 



• " The Architecture of Towns " , . . . . . 424-433 



1. Description of the Apparatus used in testing Materials, with 



especial reference to Cast-iron, Wrought-iron, and Steel ; 

 Tests to secure a Suitable Material ; Safe Working-stresses, 

 Fatigue, and Factors of Safety. By W. H. Warren, Whit- 

 worth Scholar, M.Inst.C.E., M.Am.Soc.C.E., Challis Pro- 

 fessor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering in the University 

 of Sydney 433-449 



2. On working Narrow-gauge Railways with Light Traffic in New 



Zealand. By J. P. Maxwell, M.Inst.C.E., Commissioner for 

 Railways in New Zealand . . . . . . 450-462 



3. Steep-grade Inclines on Mountain Railways. By Robert Wil- 



son, F.R.S.E., M.Inst.C.E. .. .. .. 462-479 



4. Drift-material of New Zealand Beaches, and their Effect on 



Harbour-works and Rivers. By C. Napier Bell .. 479-490 



5. A Graphical Method for the Design of Reservoir-walls. By 



R. W. Chapman, M. A., B.C.E. .. .. .. 491-495 



6. On Railway-gauge as a Factor in the Profitable Working of 



Locomotive Railways. By E. Dobson, M.Inst.C.E. 495-501 



7. On the Barometric Determination of Altitudes. By E. Dobson, 



M.Inst.C.E. .. .. .. .. .. ..502 



8. On the Construction of Hypsometrical Tables. By C. W. 



Adams, Chief Surveyor of Otago . . . . . . . . -503 



REPORTS OF RESEARCH COMMITTEES. 



Report of the Committee appointed to investigate and report upon 



the Seismological Phenomena of Australia . . 505-532 



Report of the Committee appointed to investigate and report upon 



the Tides of South Australia . . . . . . 532-533 



Report of the Committee appointed for considering the Unification 



of Colours and Signs of Geological Maps . . . . 533-533 



Report of the Committee appointed to consider and report upon 

 the Improvement of Museums as a Means of Popular Edu- 

 cation . . . . . . . . . . . . ■ 538-539 



Report of the Committee appointed to investigate the Fertilisation 



of the Fig in the Australasian Colonies . . . . 539-540 



Report of the Committee appointed to consider and report upon the 



Location and Laying-out of Towns . . . . 540-546 



