ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XXV. 



2. 'The effect of systematic training in promoting the develop- 



ment of industries.' 



3. 'Rational versus empirical training for industrial pursuits.' 



4. 'The apprenticeship system,' 



5. 'In what way the lower stages of education prepare for, and 



are essential to industrial training.' 



6. 'The necessity for an adequate system of secondary education 



as a preparation for professional and scientific training.' 



7. 'The appropriate scope and organisation of our Technical 



Colleges.' 



8. 'The methods adopted for training the workers in specific 



local industries and possible improvements in same.' 



9. 'To what extent is it economy, for a nation to invest money 



in the scientific and industrial training of its people?' 

 "J. Haydon Cardew, Hon. Secretary." 



Fourteen volumes, 152 parts, 8 reports, 5 pamphlets, 

 1 geological and 1 geographical map, total 181, received 

 as donations since the last meeting, were laid upon the 

 table and acknowledged. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 



1. ''Notes on the Theory and Practice of Concrete-Iron 



Constructions," byF.M.GUMMOW,M.C.E., Assoc. M. Inst. CE. 



The author outlined the theory from the present stand- 

 point of scientific research, and after reviewing the principal 

 applications, concluded his paper by giving particulars of a 

 test of concrete-iron plate beams, carried out on a large 

 scale. The term "concrete-iron," the author explained, 

 was applied to those constructions which consisted of Port- 

 land cement concrete and iron or steel insertions, both so 

 intimately united that the construction would act as homo- 

 geneous bodies when taking up stresses, and at the same 

 time allow of the utilization of each material to its utmost 

 limit. The paper was illustrated with lantern slides of 

 various concrete-iron constructions carried out in Australia 



