in the Chair. The PRESIDENT said t,lle Council had passed tha following resolution : ' l The Council rrrord their d w p sense of the loss sustaincd by The Institution in t,he death of its Past-Presidcnt, Sir William Xatthews, K.C.M.G., and offer their sincere condolence to his relatives. During Sir William Matthe,ws's mcmbership of t,he Institution for period of 61 years, he was one of tllc most Connril for a pcriod of 2 1 years as marked by zcalous ea,rnrst s u p~m t e r s of its ahvities, and

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... his membership of the attcnt,ion t,o cvery mat,t,er which came before t,hat body, and a wise judgment, which was valued by his colleagues no ICRS than tho pmsonal charm mit,h which hc invcsted his co-opcration in their business." He had no doubt that t,he mrmbcrs would ronc,ur in t,ltat rcsolotion. A memorial service would he held at St. Macgarct's, Wcntminst~rr, a t 12.30, on Yrifiay, the 13t,h. The C'ouncil reported that they had rccently admitted as SlldEnfr. \V,LI.IAnr L m L l E BELT.. ! IVILLTAN N E I L I R LLOYD H o m m s . CLEMENT Lwmuanr, R m o . HERBERT W m~w -o n m JILRYIS. LEONARD WILLIAX H E B B E~T IJUCH SAMUEL, B.Eng. (Liuerpool). HUOH IIACMIUX KIRKLASD, m r . WILLIAN n R n r E SnaonocK. (Min.), SAVAW:, R . E~~. (~h e $ i~~) . R,OBERT XcIsrunc. JOHN U.4rlo SPEXCFR Kxw~~lrsoh-. ! SIDNEY SPnAGuE WATTS. ~ ( P n p r No. 4 9 5 . ) I' Control of Trains, in Relation to inoreased Weight and Speed combined with reduced Headway." By ALAN WOOD RENDELL, M. Inst. C.E. TXE study of the most effective and economical application of power to move a given mass from rent t o a desired vrlocity in a given timc, and to maintain a given velocity as uniformly as possible under Downloaded by [ University of Liverpool] on [16/09/16].