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of Government entertainment which added a certain brilliancy and éclat to the 
occasion and made it practically perfect. As I say, it gives me pleasure to move 
the adoption of these resolutions, and I suggest that they be suitably engrossed 
and sent to the officers of the Institution of Naval Architects. 
Mr. Epwarp P. Bates, Member:—I desire to second the adoption of these 
resolutions, and in doing so I think it is only fair to state to the members who did 
not have the privilege of meeting with the members of the Institution of Naval 
Architects on the occasion of the Congress held last July, that all that Mr. McFar- 
land said is most true, and if I could add to it I would say that our English friends 
are the princes of entertainers. When we went to the headquarters of the English 
Society in Adelphi Terrace we were met as though we belonged there, and that was 
the spirit which was manifested all the way through the meeting. You, yourself, 
Sir, were present, and know that is a fact, and at every meeting, and at their enter- 
tainments, we were taken in just as though we belonged to the home Society, and 
I do not think there are any words strong enough in the English language to convey 
the expressions of our feeling in regard to the courtesy and attention that we 
received from the Institutionin London. Ifso, I would much like to embody them 
in my remarks. 
THE PRESIDENT:—Are there any further remarks upon this question? ‘The 
President, in his address yesterday morning, tried to show his appreciation of the 
courtesies that were tendered to the representatives of this Society, and what Mr. 
McFarland and Mr. Bates have said indicates the amount of attention that we 
received. Mr. Bates says we were ‘“‘taken in.”’ I assure you we were taken in, 
not as strangers but as friends and brothers. I put this question to you, if you are 
ready—those in favor please say aye, contrary minded, no. ‘The resolutions are 
unanimously carried. 
The resolutions will be suitably engrossed and sent to the Institution of Naval 
Architects. 
As you were informed yesterday, a change in the Secretary-Treasurer is made 
necessary by the long illness of our dear friend, Captain Baxter, and a Committee 
was appointed to prepare the resolutions mentioned. Will Professor Sadler please 
read the report of that Committee. 
PROFESSOR SADLER :—Mr. President and Gentlemen, the report of the Com- 
mittes is as follows: 
At the annual meeting of the Council of the Society of Naval Architects and 
Marine Engineers, the President read a personal letter from the Secretary, Naval 
Constructor W. J. Baxter, U. S. N., expressing regret that the state of his health 
and probable assignment to duty remote from the city of New York, made it neces- 
sary, in his opinion, that a successor be elected at the present general meeting of 
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