PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. lxvii. 
meeting to be held in December; such Committee to take 
office from the first day of the following January. 
ii. That in the case of the death or resignation of any 
member of the Committee, or of his ceasing to be a member 
of the Royal Society, the Committee may elect another 
member of the Section to the vacant place on the Committee, 
such election to be confirmed at the next Sectional meeting. 
Mr. Haycrorr moved and Mr. Ross seconded “that the mode 
of election of officers be altered so that the ballot papers be sent 
out without any recommendation being made by the Committee, 
leaving to individual members the nomination of Committee.” 
This was ruled out of order by the Chairman, and the motion 
moved by Mr. Houghton was then carried with the substitution 
of the word “shall” for “may” in par, ii. 
Mr. Hersert E. Ross then read a paper on ‘Belt Power 
Transmission, with some Notes on a new form of Brake Absorption 
Dynamometer,” and the discussion was adjourned to the next 
meeting, 
The discussion on paper by Mr. Hovauton on “Low Lift 
Pumping Machinery” was opened by Mr. Norman Selfe, a letter 
from Mr. Pridham on the subject of the paper was read, and Mr. 
Grimshaw having contributed to the discussion, the author replied. 
The Chairman opened the discussion on paper by Mr. C. J. 
Merrietp, on “The Cubic Parabola applied as a Transition to 
small Tramway Curves,” and after Mr. Shaw had spoken the 
discussion was adjourned to the next meeting. 
Monthly meeting held October 20. 
Mr. C. O. Burge in the Chair. 
Thirty-four members and visitors were present. 
Mr. H. R. Carterton then read a paper on “Light-houses in 
New South Wales,” the discussion on which was adjourned to the 
next meeting, 
