INTRODUCTORY PROCEEDINGS 



Minutes of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Archi- 

 tects AND Marine Engineers, Held at the Engineering Societies Building, 

 New York City, Thursday and Friday, November 18 and 19, 1915. 



FIRST SESSION. 



Thursday Morning, November 18, 1915. 



The President, Mr. Robert M. Thompson, called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. 



The President : — The first order of business is the presentation of the report of the 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



Mr. Cox presented the following report: — 



REPORT OF SECRETARY-TREASURER. 



November 18, 1915. 



To the Council of The Society of Nanml Architects and Marine Engineers: — 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to submit the following report showing the condition 

 of the Society at the close of the fiscal year ended October 31, 1915. 



The membership of the Society November 1, 1915, was as follows: — 



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