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on your behalf I will tender to Captain Dyson our sincere thanks for presenting the 

 matters to us, and to Admiral Cone for presenting the paper to the meeting. 



The program is only half over for the day, and the day is waning. Neverthe- 

 less, I am going to take the opportunity to interrupt the program. At the Council 

 meeting yesterday afternoon the question of the provisions of the rider to Panama 

 Canal Act came up for discussion ; as this matter effects the interests of every ship- 

 building and equipment concern in this country it was decided to have a committee 

 appointed to prepare a resolution bearing on this matter with the intention of pre- 

 senting this resolution to the President of the United States. Mr. Andrew 

 Fletcher, the chairman of that committee, will make his report to you shortly. 



We will now pass to the next paper, entitled "Marine Lighting Equipment of 

 the Panama Canal," by Mr. James Pattison. 



Mr. Pattison presented the paper. 



