ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XXIX. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, OCTOBER 5 1904. 



The General" Monthly Meeting of the Society was held 

 at the Society's House, No. 5 Elizabeth-street North, on 

 Wednesday evening, October 5th, 1904. 



0. O. Burge, m. inst. c.e.. President, in the Chair. 



Forty-four members and four visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



Three new members enrolled their names and were 

 introduced. 



The certificates of two candidates were read for the 

 first time. 



The President announced that the Fourth Popular Science 

 Lecture 1904 on " The Steam Engine and its Modern 

 Rivals," by S. H. Barraclough, b.e., m.m.e., Assoc m. inst. c.e., 

 would be delivered at the Royal Society's House, on Thurs- 

 day, October 27th, at 8 p.m. 



The following circular from the Engineering Section was 

 read : — 



" CONFERENCE ON TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. 



" Owing to the report of the Commissioners of Education deal- 

 ing with the above question not having been yet published, it has 

 been decided to postpone the Conference which was proposed to 

 be held in October (and of which preliminary notice has already 

 been given) until next year, when it is expected the report will 

 be to hand, as the Committee recognise that the subject will pre- 

 sent greater interest to members when discussed in the light of 

 the Commissioners' expressed views, and further, will be much 

 easier handled by those who read papers. This action has been 

 rendered necessary because it has been found that many of our 

 members most quali6ed to express opinions on the subject would 

 be precluded from taking part in the discussion prior to the pub- 

 lication of the said report. 



