ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. III. 



PBOCEEDINGS OF THE ENGINEERING SECTION. 



(IN" ABSTRACT.) 



The First Meeting of the Section was held 28th June, 1905, at 

 The University. 



Mr. S. H. Barraclough, in the Chair. 



The principal business of the evening was the Chairman's 

 address, which dealt mainly with the question of Technical 

 and Industrial Education ; afterwards the Chairman 

 exhibited, by means of lantern slides, some very fine views 

 of the principal educational and technical schools of Europe 

 and Great Britain. 



Mr. Joseph Davis, m. inst. cm, was then installed as 

 Chairman for the current year, and in the course of a 

 short address to the members, he alluded to the services 

 rendered by Mr. Barraclough during the two years he 

 occupied the position of Chairman of the Section. 



The resignation of Mr. C. O. Burge, m. inst. ce., as a 

 member of committee and of the Section owing to his 

 departure for England was received with deep regret. 



The Second Meeting was held at the Society 's House, on 20th July, 



1905. 



Mr. Joseph Davis in the Chair. 



The discussion on the papers on Reinforced Concrete, 

 read by Mr. Gummow and Prof. Warren at the previous 

 Session was entered upon and aroused a good deal of interest, 

 there being present several visitors from other Societies. 

 Messrs. Anderson (Hon. Sec. of the Institute of Architects), 

 Walsh, W. E. Cook, C. E. Cardew (a visitor from Burma), 



