VI. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



The certificate of one candidate was read for the third time, of 

 two for the second time, and of four for the first time. 



The following gentleman was duly elected an ordinary member 

 of the Society : — 



Bender, Ferdinand, Accountant, 21 Elizabeth-street N. 



The following announcements were made : — 



1. That the Society's Journal for 1899, Yol. xxxiii., was in the 



hands of the binder, and would shortly be ready for delivery. 



2. That the Officers and Committee of the Engineering Section 



had been elected for the ensuing Session, and the dates fixed 

 for their meetings as follows : — ■ 



Section Meetings. 



Engineering — Wednesday, May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. I>er„ 



(8 p.m.) 16 20 18 15 19 17 21 19' 



Sectional Committees — Session 1900. 



Section K.— Engineering. 



Chairman — Norman Selfe, M. Inst. C.E. 



Hon. Secretary and Treasurer — S. H. Barraclough, m.m.e., Assoc. M.imt. c.e. 



Committee — .Henry Deane, M. Inst. C. E., Percy Allan, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., 



Gr. R. Cowdery, Assoc M. Inst. C.E., J. M. Small, M. Inst. C.E., 



J. I. Haycroft, M.E., M I.C.E., I., T. J. Bush, H. H. Dare, m.e., 



Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., and Lee Murray, m.c.e. 



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



C. O. Burge, M. Inst. C.E., T. H. Houghton, M. Inst. C.E., M. Inst. 



m.e., and H. R. Carleton, M. Inst. C.E. 



3. That the Officers and Committee of the Medical Section would 



be elected and the dates fixed for their meetings on the 

 18th May. 



4. That the alterations to the rules passed at the General Monthly 



Meeting, November 1st, 1899, would be submitted for con- 

 firmation this evening, it being the Annual General Meeting. 

 On the motion of Mr. G. H. Knibbs, seconded by Mr. Lewis 

 Whitfeld, it was unanimously resolved that the following 

 amendments be agreed to : — 

 Rule III. was amended to read as follows : — 

 The other Officers of the Society shall consist of the President, 

 who shall hold office for not more than one year continuously, but 



