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Time of Meeting. — It was proposed by Professor H. B. Kirk, 

 of New Zealand, and carried—" That it be a recommendation to 

 the Local Council for Victoria that the date of the next meeting 

 should, if possible, be chosen in such a way as to economise the 

 time of members coming from a distance." 



Conservation of Water. — It was proposed by Colonel W. V. 

 Legge, R.A., F.R.G.S., of Tasmania — " That in view of the vital 

 importance of the conservation of water in Australia by the pro- 

 tection of forests and timber around the sources of its rivers and 

 streams, it is advisable that a special committee be now appointed 

 to deal with the question in the meantime, and also bring it to the 

 notice of the several Governments of the Commonwealth, in order 

 to prepare the way for a more successful result when dealing 

 with the matter at the next (Melbourne) meeting." 



" That the following be members of the special committee : — 

 Leslie Wade, M. Inst. C.E., Chief Engineer for Water Supply and 

 Irrigation, N.S.W. ; Ellwood Mead, C.E., President, Water Supply 

 Commission of Victoria ; H. Mackay, Conservator of Forests, 

 Victoria ; Walter Gill, Conservator of Forests, South Austraha ; 

 W. Reid Bell, State Hydraulic Engineer, Tasmania, with power to 

 add to their number ; Colonel Legge to be Secretary." 



