SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS. — P, G. 363 



8, Mr. A. J. Beamish. — Deflation and the National Balance 



Sheet. 



A consideration of the alternatives before the Chancellor 

 of the Exchequer. 



Discussion. 



9, Mr. R. Teouton. — -The Liquidation of International Debts. 



The fact that it was advantageous during the war for 

 some countries to furnish mainly finance and others mainly 

 men is not a reason for making the latter pay a tribute to the 

 former. 



Discussion. 



Friday, August 27. 



10. Communications from Research Committees of Section F. 



—Sir E. Bbabeook, C.B. 



11, Mrs. WooTTON. — The Future of Earning,. 



An examination of the principles on which payment for 

 labour is now based and their probable future development ; 

 with special reference to the relations of wages and prices 

 and the influence of Government expenditure (by way of 

 subsidies, &c.) on real income. 



Discussion, introduced bj- Prof. W. J. Egberts. 



SECTION G.-ENGINEERING. 



(For references to the publication elsewhere of communications entered in 

 the following list of transactions, see p. 381.) 



Tuesday, August 24. 



1. Presidential Address by Prof. C. F. Jenkin, C.B.E. 



(See p. 125.) 



2. Prof. F. 0. Lea.- — Testing Materials at High Tempera- 



tures. 



3. Col. R. E. Cbompton, C.B.— The Cutting Edges of Tools. 



Excursion. 

 In the afternoon a visit took place to the Bute Docks of the 

 Cardiff Railway Co. 



Wednesday, August 25. 



4. Mr. S. F. Edge. — Farm Tractors — Regarded from the 



Viewpoint of the User and Potential User. 



The writer traces the earliest appearances of the British 

 farm tractor, explains its failure to earn the encouragement 

 it deserved, and relates his experience of excellent work, 

 to-day, from a ten-year-old machine built by pioneers of 

 twenty years ago. He explains his preference, at present, 

 for a certain type of machine, touches upon the psychological 

 effect of the use of the tractor on the labour question, and 

 then discusses the various main classifications of tractors 



