Section H. 
ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE. 
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT, 
JAMES EINCHAM, M. Inst. C.E., 
Late Engineer -in- Chiefs Tasmania, 1877-94. 
It is my duty and pleasure to return my thanks for the honour 
of election to the office of President of the Engineering and Architec- 
tural Section at this meeting of the Association. At the same time, 
I hope I am fully sensible of my shortcomings for such a position. 
We are living in an age of union and co-operation ; the various 
trades have their associations, societies, and unions ; the professions 
their councils and institutes ; the churches their synods and con- 
gresses; and it is fitting that science, with its catholicity, its far- 
reaching effects on communities and individuals, should take its place 
in the forefront, and lead the way to further developments that will 
eclipse the wonderful advance of the past few decades. 
In the old world, and during successive periods of growth, science 
has created works, which, as the concrete results of the earnest and 
seif-denving labours of her votaries, are the admiration of the world 
to-day, and the lesson-books for her sons. These labours are being 
carried on by many master minds in various branches, and will fix and 
determine principles and conclusions that at present are more or less 
uncertain. 
Engineering and architecture are so related, and are now so 
increasingly interdependent, that there should be a more earnest and 
hearty sympathy between the members of the two professions for the 
advantage of both than often appears to obtain. What observing man 
can deny this ? Who amongst us with any experience hut can at 
once call to mind engineering structures carefully planned for the end 
in view, well constructed, but simply hideous for all time from the lack 
of architectural knowledge in or with the designer. On the other 
hand, how 7 common it is to find architectural work containing structural 
shams or material piled together for mere effect, in supreme disregard 
of the composition and resolution of forces. Further, modern 
requirements now demand the requisite knowledge in an architect, or 
the co-operation of an engineer, for mechanical details of all kinds ; 
as in elevators, electric lighting, heating, pumping, &c. The very 
etymology of their names is indicative of union, for the architect of 
old was the “ Chief Builder,” a man ready in adaptation and know- 
ledge of material, and of skill in design; while the engineer etymo- 
logically is also a “ skilful ” man, a man selected for skill above his 
fellows, and so, like the architect, may be considered as the “ Chief 
