VI. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The certificates of six candidates were read for the first time. 

 The following announcements were made : — 



1. That the Society's Journal for 1897, Vol. xxxi., was in the 



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

 to members. 



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. Dec, 



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



Sectional Committees — Session 1898. 

 Section K.— Engineering. 



Chairman — T. H. Houghton, M. Inst. C.E., M. Inst. M.E. 

 Secretary and Treasurer — S. H. Barraclough, m.m.e. 



Committee— Henry Daane, M. Inst. C. E., T. R. Firth, M. Inst. C.E., 



W. Thow, M. Inst. C.E., M.Inst. M.E., H. R. Carleton, M. Inst. C.E., 



Norman Selfe, M. Inst. C.E., M. Inst. M.E., Percy Allan, Assoc. M. Inst. 



C.E., Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C.E. 



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



B. C. Simpson, M. Inst. C.E., Prof. Warren, M. Inst. C.E., Wh. Sc, 



and C. O. Burge, 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 



20th May. 

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

 Mullens, it was resolved that the following proposed alterations 

 to various Rules be agreed to pro formd, and that the discussion 

 upon the same take place at the next General Monthly Meeting 

 in June. 



Alterations to Rules, recommended by the Council, proposed at 



the Annual General Meeting, 4th May, 1898 : — 



Rule IV. (Page xv.) Third line, insert the word ' first ' before 



' General Meeting,' and after the word ' May ' add the 



following : ' hereinafter called the Annual General Meet- 



ing." 



