568 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 
Monthly meeting held August 21, 1895. 
Mr. B. ©. Simpson, in the Chair. 
Twenty-three members and visitors present. 
Mr. W. S. de Liste Roserts replied to the discussion of his 
paper on “ Recent Researches in the Testing of Cement.” 
The discussion of Mr. C. O. Burcr’s paper “The Preparation 
of Engineering Specifications and General Conditions for large 
Works,” was opened by Mr. How, and continued by Messrs. 
Grimshaw, Farr, Shaw, and Allan, and adjourned to the next 
meeting. 
Monthly meeting held September 18, 1895. 
Mr. H. Drang, in the Chair. 
Twenty-nine members and visitors present. 
Mr. P. Aan read a paper on “ Timber Bridges,” the discuss 
ion was postponed to a future meeting. 
The discussion of Mr. C. O. Burcr’s paper “The Preparation 
of Engineering Specifications and General Conditions for large 
Works,” was resumed by Mr. Smail, and continued by Messrs. 
Mansfield, Rowe, Haycroft, Selfe, Barraclough, and Deane, and 
replied to by the author. 
Monthly meeting held October 16, 1895. 
Mr. B. C. Simpson, in the Chair. 
Twenty-three members saa visitors present. 
A paper communicated by Mr. T. E. Burrows entitled “ Fasciné 
Work as carried out by the Public Works Department in oie 
South Wales,” was read by Mr. Grimshaw, and the discussio® 
postponed to a future meeting. 
Mr. J. M. Smart read a paper entitled “ Notes on the under- 
draining of the Filter Beds at the Botany Sewage Farm.” 
Monthly meeting held November 20, 1895. 
Mr. B. C. Simpson, in the Chair. 
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