Proceedings at the fortieth annual general meeting

The President welcomed the visitors, among whomwereMrKenneth Richardson, President of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines ; Dr E. Taberner, President of the Associated Scientific and Technical Societies of South Africa ; Mr A. P. Bruyns-Haylett, President of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers ; Dr 0. A. E. Jackson, President of the Chemical, Metallurgical and Mining Society of South Africa ; Mr G. J. Hopewell, President of the Institution of Certificated Engineers, South Africa; Mr D. G. Malherbe, Government Mining Engineer ; Mr J. S. Trelease, Chairman of the Local Advisory Committee of the Institution ofElectrical Engineers, London ; Principal H. R. Raikes, Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand.