ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. Vll. 



Committee— C. O. Burge, M. Xnst. C.E., G. R. Cowdery, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., J. Davis, 

 M. lust. c.E , Henry Deane, M.A., M. Inst. C.E., T. H. Houghton, M. Inst. C.E., 

 M. I. Mech. E., R. T. McKay, c.E., J. N. C. MacTaggart, b.e., Herbert E. Ross, 

 P. W. Shaw, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E,, J. Taylor, B. Sc, A.R.8.M. 



Past Chairmen, ex officio Members of Committee for three years :— Norman Selfe, 

 M. Inst. C.E., J. M. Smail, M. Inst. C.E., H. G. McKinney, M. Inst. C.E. 



Section Meetings. 



Engineering— In place of the customary monthly meeting, two or more Sessions ex- 

 tending over at least two nights each, will be held on dates to be announced later. 

 It is hoped to devote each Session to the discussion of a single subject. The 

 subject chosen for the first Session is '•—" Tecbnical and Industrial Education in 

 Australia." 



Ninety-two volumes, 644 parts, 44 reports and 69 pam- 

 phlets, total 849, received as donations since the last 

 meeting were laid upon the table and acknowledged. 



The following letter was received from Mr. A.W.Howitt, 

 f.g.s., acknowledging the award of the Olarke Memorial 

 Medal :— 



Eastwood, Bairnsdale, 28th March, 1904. 

 The Hon. Secretaries, the Eoyal Society of N. S. Wales. 



Dear Sirs, — I beg to acknowledge your letter of the 18th instant, con- 

 veying to me the information that the Council of the Eoyal Society had 

 awarded me the Clarke Memorial Medal in recognition of the scientific 

 work which I have done. Please to convey to your Council the deep 

 sense which I have of the great honour which they have done me, and 

 my profound gratification at the kindly feeling entertained for me by them. 

 I greatly prize the medal which accompanied your letter and which will 

 remain a valued heirloom in my family. 



I remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully, 



(Signed) A. W. HOWITT. 



The Hon. Secretary (Prof. Knibbs) stated that he had 

 been in communication with Monsieur Louis Nettement, 

 late Acting Oonsul-General for Prance, who had very kindly 

 promised to donate to the Royal Society's library a number 

 of valuable reports in connection with the French Exhibi- 

 tion. It was unanimously agreed that the best thanks of 

 the Society be conveyed to the Consulate for the generous 

 gift. 



The Chairman said he had the pleasure to announce that 

 the Lecture Committee had made arrangements for the 



