PROCEEDINGS OP SECTION H. 565 



In SO briefly mentioning some of the notable worka accom- 

 plished, we may add the results of the physical and geological 

 surveys in the highly wrought maps of so large a portion of Aus- 

 tralasia, not the least instance being the extremely well prepared 

 contour map of the capital city site at Canberra. Nor should 

 we fail to mention the scheme now in hand by the Commonwealth 

 Government for a map of Australasia unprecedented in its cor- 

 rectness and completeness. 



Then there is the more or less immediate prospect of the de- 

 signing and building of the capital city buildings at Canberra, 

 which we all hope will, at any rate, be from the designs _ by 

 architects, either trained in, or 'who have cast in their lot with, 

 Australia. The financial barometer on which our interests 

 depend, especially in this country is sensitive, quickly down, and 

 as quickly up again, but with all temporary drawbacks we are 

 undoubtedly advancing. Let us take care that Australian works 

 shall be of the best of their kind, and fit to take rank, based on 

 the best models and developed, if you will, into a distinctly Aus- 

 tralian style, in which the varying climatic conditions of the cities 

 -shall have a marked influence. 



From henceforth the planning of any new township or the 

 improvement of an existing city, the laying out of park or garden, 

 the water-scape and ite surroundings, should be dealt with only by 

 taking advantage of all that has been recently learnt and acted 

 upon in the older communities, and as exemplified under the 

 designation of "The Principles of Town Planning," with regard 

 to which and its accompanying common sense and true artistic 

 insight is so Veil dealt with in the works of Mawson, Trigg, the 

 Liverpool society, and other modern writers on the subject. 



Publications. 

 We have been advancing rapidly in our technical and business 

 publications and serials. I believe all our institutes now con- 

 duct and distribute records of their proceedings, and in the tech- 

 nical journals such as Art and Architecture, now the Salon of the 

 New South Wales Institute of Architects, and that eminently live 

 magazine. Building, edited by the energetic and able Captain 

 Taylor, of the Intelligence Corps, and secretary of the Local Go- 

 vernment Engineers' Institute, and others — we are approaching 

 the level of many such publications in the older countries that 

 4jlaim for themselves great reputation and circulation. 



The following is a list of Australian publications : — 

 Building (monthly). 

 Construction (weekly). 

 Progress (monthly). 

 Australasian Engineer (monthly). 



