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house will, with other heavy obligations, necessitate an out- 
lay which the Society is at present unable to meet. 
The number of Ordinary Members on the roll of the 
Society on the 1st of April, 1882, was 141, and 2 new mem- 
bers have been elected ; the losses have been, resignations 
3, deaths 2. The number on the roll on the 1st instant 
was therefore 138. The deceased members are Mr. H. A. 
Hurst and Mr. J. G. Lynde. 
Mr. James Gascoigne Lynde, M. Inst. C.E., was a native 
of the south of England, and practised for many years as a 
civil engineer in London as a member of the firm of Lynde 
and Simpson, George Street, Westminster. In 1857 he was 
appointed City Surveyor by the Manchester Corporation, 
which position he retained until his resignation in March, 
1879. During the long period Mr. Lynde occupied this 
position he was regarded by the members of the Corporation 
with the highest esteem and utmost confidence. Among 
the more notable undertakings carried out under his super- 
vision were the widening of Deansgate, the improvement of 
the river Medlock, and the construction of the Corporation 
Gasworks at Bradford Road. He prepared the plans for 
laying out Alexandra Park, and, more recently, those for the 
Southern Cemetery. The Queen’s Road Viaduct, the 
Smedley Road Bridge crossing the river Irk, the Waterloo 
Bridge which crosses the Irwell in Strangeways, the Irwell 
Street Bridge in connection with the Quay Street improve- 
ment, and the Prince’s Bridge which provides communication 
between Manchester and Salford by way of Hampson 
Street, Oldfield Road, were all constructed from his designs. 
Mr. Lynde was one of the oldest members of the Institution 
of Civil Engineers, having completed his 50th year of 
membership ; he was a Fellow of the Geological Society of 
London, and a member of the Institute of Mechanical 
Engineers. 
