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would support the motion, as he considered it was too 
large a sum to be wasted. 
Mr. N. D. Davis in supporting the motion said that as 
there was no Bye-Law dealing with the case of a money 
vote being unused, he hoped the Society would follow 
the rule of the Combined Court which considers all 
votes that are not used during the year, as having lapsed. 
The President considered that in the absence of any 
bye-laws, the matter should be decided according to the 
rules of Parliamentary Procedure. In all societies of this 
kind it is considered that when a money vote has not 
been used it lapses at the end of the current year. 
The motion was then put to the meeting and carried 
unanimously. 
In answer to a question of Mr. T. Daly, the Secretary 
reported that he had written to the Government respect- 
ing the sum required for Country Exhibitions, but had not 
received any answer. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. E. E. H. Francis in 
answer to an enquiry for a possible preventive of 
Boiler Corrosion. Since receiving the letter he had 
called on Mr. Francis, and found him engaged in some 
experiments on the galvanic action of certain metals 
which he expected would lead to results bearing on the 
matter in question. In the event of success Mr. Francis 
would report to the Society. 
Mr. W. P. Abell exhibited a series of specimens of 
boiler tubes, &c, to show the corrosive effects of bush 
water. He thanked the Society for the interest they had 
taken in this matter, especially as he had heard there 
were people who objected to the fact of there being 
any active corrosion here, but facts are hard things ; and 
