ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. _|xxill. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENGINEERING SECTION. 
(IN ABSTRACT.) 
IN accordance with the resolution passed on 15th October 
1902, the ordinary monthly meetings of the Section were 
abolished, and in lieu thereof, sessions extending over two 
or three evenings were adopted, each session being devoted 
to the consideration of only one subject: it was thought 
that if the attention of members was concentrated upon 
one subject for two or three evenings, more papers would 
be forthcoming and good discussions would ensue. 
First Session opened 20th July, 1903. 
Mr. 8. H. BARRACLOUGH in the Chair. 
Present forty-one members and many visitors. 
The Chairman announced the death of Mr. T. R. FIRTH, 
M. Inst. c.E., Hngineer-in-Chief for Hxisting Lines, and ex- 
pressed on behalf of the members of the Section their sense 
of the great loss sustained by the Society and the profession 
of which Mr. Firth had been a distinguished member for 
many years. 
The Chairman introduced the question of Water Conser- 
vation and Irrigation as the subject for the session in an 
address which dealt with its importance and magnitude, 
and the necessity of special training for engineers in 
hydraulic science. 
Mr. H. G. McKINNEY read a paper entitled ‘‘ Water 
Conservation and the equitable distribution of water for 
Irrigation and other purposes.”’ 
Mr. Geo. CHAMIER read a paper entitled “ Property in 
Water.”’ 
f—Dee. 2, 1903. 
