SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF ECONOMISTS.

(FOUNDED IN EDINBURGH IN 1897.)

Officers.-President: Prof. J. Shield Nicholson, D.Sc. Hon. Secretary: J. Row Fogo, 18 Duke Street, Edinburgh. Hon. Treasurer: T. J. Millar, C. A. Meetings. These have been held through the courtesy of the Society of Accountants in Edinburgh in their Hall at 27 Queen Street, every month during the Winter.

Membership.-Annual Subscription, 5s.

List of Papers read from January 1900 to March 1901.

Bastable, Prof. C. F., LL.D.-Some Ec- | Nicholson, Prof. J. S.-The History of

Prices in Relation
History. Dec. 1900.

to General

Paton, Dr Noël. - Dietaries of the
Poor in Edinburgh. Jan. 1901.
Rae, J., LL.D.-The Servant Trade
from Scotland to the Plantations.
Feb. 1900.

IRELAND.

THE SOCIETY OF INCORPORATED ACCOUNTANTS IN IRELAND,

31 COLLEGE GREEN. (FOUNDED 1901.)

Officers.-President: E. Kevans, F.S. A. A. Hon. Secretary: F. W. Kenny, A.S.A.A. Meetings. Meetings are held monthly at such times and places as the Committee of Management may decide. The Annual Meeting is held in September.

Membership. -Entrance Fee, 10s. 6d. ; Annual Subscription, 10s. 6d.

This Society has been formed to provide an organisation for Accountants and Auditors in Ireland, and opportunities of intercourse amongst the Members ; to give facilities for the reading of Papers and the delivery of Lectures; and for the acquisition and dissemination by other means of useful information connected with the profession.

STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL INQUIRY SOCIETY OF IRELAND,

35 MOLESWORTH STREET, DUBLIN. (FOUNDED 1847.)

Officers.-President: His Honor Judge J. J. Shaw. Hon. Secretaries: J. Pim; W. Lawson, LL.D.; C. H. Oldham; W. M. Falkiner, M.D.; Assistant Secretary: Miss Ling.

Meetings. Usually the third Friday in each month, from November to June inclusive, at 8.15 P.M. The Anniversary Meeting takes place in November. Membership.-No Entrance Fee; Annual Subscription, 20s.

Papers read from January 1900 to June 1901. Those marked * published in the "Journal," price 1s.

are

dustry of Intending Changes in Irish Education. Nov. 27, 1900. O'Neill, H., M. D.-Progress of Sanitary Science in Belfast. Feb. 22, 1901. Roche, A., M. D.-Sanitary Condition of our National Schools. Feb. 20, 1900.*

Conner, H. D., K.C.-Salmon Fisheries | Oldham, C. H.-The Bearing on Inin Ireland and the Report of the Irish Inland Fisheries Commission. Apr. 19, 1901. Dawson, C.-Local Bodies and the Agricultural and Technical Education Department. Apr. 24, 1900.* The Housing of the People, with Special Reference to Dublin. Mar. 27, 1901. Hannon, P. J.--The Educational Value of Co-operation among Irish Farmers. Dec. 19, 1900. Oldham, C. H.-Economic Development in Ireland. Mar. 14, 1900.*

Stanwell, C. Financial Aspect of
Parliamentary Inquiries into
Private Bills. Jan. 15, 1901.
Synnott, N. J.-The Re-valuation of
Ireland. Jan. 16, 1900.*
Wilson, D. J.-The Tourist Movement
in Ireland. Apr. 19, 1901.

SECTION VII.

MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND ARCHITECTURE.

LONDON.

THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS,

GREAT GEORGE STREET, WESTMINSTER, S. W. tution, London "; Telephone: Westminster 51.] INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1828.)

[Telegrams: "Insti

(ESTABLISHED 1818;

Officers.-President: James Mansergh. Secretary: J. H. T. Tudsbery, D.Sc. Meetings. Every Tuesday at 8 P. M., from November to April inclusive, with certain exceptions. The Annual Meeting takes place in April.

Membership. The following Table shows the rates of Annual Subscriptions— those persons being considered Resident whose place of business or whose residence is within ten miles of the General Post Office, London :

Every new Member and Associate is required to pay an Admission Fee of £10, 10s.

"Minutes of Proceedings" for Session 1899-1900. (Printed for private circulation only, not on sale. All papers are issued in pamphlet form after appearing in the volumes.) Papers read have the date marked; those not so indicated are papers selected for printing only.

Poole, W., jun.—Rapid Preliminary | Wolff, C. E.-The Relative AdvanSurvey on the Darling River,

Vol. CXL.

Vol. CXLI.

Vol. CXLII.

Bell, Sir I. L.-The Development of Bidder, F. W. - The Great Central

Railway Extension, Northern Division. Mar. 20, 1900. Brightmore, A. W.-The Setting-out of Two Tunnels on the Elan Aqueduct. Burgh, E. M. de On the Use of Monier Pipes as a Pile Covering, and in place of Cast-iron for Cylinder Foundations. Cullen, E. 4.-The Removal of the

Lytton Rocks, Brisbane River.
Deane, H.-Economical Railway Con-
struction in New South Wales.
Apr. 3, 1900.

Fergusson, J. C. New Method of
Dividing Surveying Circles.
Fox, F. D.-The Great Central Rail-
way Extension, Southern Division.
Mar. 20, 1900.

Gordon, G.-Irrigation in Victoria.
Hunter, W. G.-A Short Description
of the Naval Section of the Nico-
laieff Dockyard.
Jackson, C. F. V.-Design and Con-
struction of Steel Bridge Work,
with Particulars of a Recent Ex-
ample in Queensland.

Body, J. B.

Session 1900-1901.
Vol. CXLIII.

The Drainage of the
Valley of Mexico.
Bolton, R. P.-The High Office- Build-
ings of New York.

Broome, G. H. See Rawson.
Cardew, Major P., R. E.-The Telauto-
graph.

Guttmann, 0. Machinery for the
Manufacture of Smokeless Powder.
Nov. 27, 1900.
Harriott, G. M. - The Balram Dass
Waterworks, Raipur, Central Pro-
vinces, India.
Hobson, G. A., and E. Wragge.—The
Metropolitan Terminus of the Great
Central Railway. Nov. 13, 1900.

Mansergh, J. O Presidential Address.
Nov. 6, 1900.

Prentice, E. S.-A Water Outlet Rate

of-Flow Gauge for Testing Fire-
Hydrants, etc.

Rawson, T. H., and G. H. Broome.—A
Stiffened Suspension Bridge on a

Steep Incline at the Westport-
Cardiff Coal Company's Mine, New
Zealand.

Shield, W.-Notes on the Height of
Waves at Peterhead, N. B.
Wark, W.-The Use and Durability
of Wrought-Iron Pipes.
Wragge, E. See Hobson.

THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, STOREY'S GATE, ST JAMES'S PARK, WESTMINSTER, S. W. [Telegrams: "Mech., London"; Telephone: Westminster 264.]

(Founded at Birmingham, 1847—First President, George Stephenson; removed to London, 1877; registered under Companies Act, 1878.)

Officers.-President: W. H. Maw. Secretary: Edgar Worthington, Storey's Gate, St James's Park.

Meetings. —Third Friday in the month, from October to April, at 8 P.M. The Annual General Meeting takes place in February.