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"This Committee fully realizes the importance of the duty with which it has been 

 charged, and calls attention to the fact that, notwithstanding the great debt of civilization to 

 the engineer, no dignified and permanent monument in recognition of the work of the pro- 

 fession has as yet been erected in the Unite^d States, and to the opportunity which the 

 universal recognition of the pre-eminence of this engineer presents for adequate expression. 

 "The Committee desires to enlist your present sympathy in the movement and your 

 future aid in carrying it out by bringing it to the attention of the members of your or- 

 ganization whenever the details have been so far worked out that they may be laid before 

 you. 



"Yours respectfully, for the Committee, 



Charles Warren Hunt, 



Secretary." 



The Chairman : — There is no action needed at the present time on this letter. It is 

 merely presented to you in accordance with the request of Mr. Hunt. 



The reading of papers is now in order, and I call for the reading of the first paper be- 

 fore the meeting, No. 1, entitled, "International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea," by 

 E. T. Chamberlain, Esq., Honorary Associate. Is Mr. Chamberlain present, or is there any 

 special representative of Mr. Chamberlain here? If not. Prof. Herbert C. Sadler will read 

 the paper. 



Professor Sadler read the paper. 



