THE INSTITUTION OF MINING ENGINEERS. SUBJECTS FOR PAPERS. The Council of The Institution of Mining Engineers invite original communications on the subjects in the following list, together with other questions of interest to mining and metallurgical engineers. Assaying. Automatic coupling of mine.al wagons. Blowing out of coal and minerals in situ. Boiler explosions. Bore-holes and prospecting. Canals, inland navigation, and the canalization of rivers. Coal-getting by machinery. Coke manufacture and recovery of byeproducts. Colliery leases, and limited liability companies. Compound winding-engines. Compressed-air as a motive-power. Consumption of steam and water in engines. Corrosive action of mine-water on pumps, etc. Descriptions of coal-fields. Diamond-mining. Distillation of oil-shales. Drift and placer-mining. Duration of coal-fields of the world. Electric mining lamps. Electricity and its applications in mines. Electro-metallurgy of copper, etc. Engine-counters and speed-recorders. Explosions in mines. Explosives used in mines. Faults and veins. Fuels and fluxes. Mechanical ventilation of mines, and efficiency of the various classes of ventilators. Metallurgy of gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, etc. Mineral resources of colonies. Mining and uses of arsenic, asbestos, bauxite, mercury, etc. Natural gas, conveyance and uses. Petroleum-deposits. Preservation of timber. Pyrometers and their application. Screening, sorting and cleaning of coal. For selected papers, the Council may award prizes. In making awards, no distinction is made between communications received from members of the Institution or others. To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. The Humble and Dutiful Address of The Institution of Mining Engineers, Most Gracious Sovereign, The Institution of Mining Engineers beg leave humbly to approach Your Majesty's Throne on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Your Majesty's Coronation, and to tender its Sincere and Heartfelt Congratulations on the Auspicious Event. We desire to present our Ardent and Sincere Wishes for Your Majesty's Health and Welfare, and Fervently Pray that Your Majesty may wear with Glory and Happiness the Crown transmitted to Your Majesty and long continue to Reign over a Happy. Prosperous and United People. Signed by order of the Council. June 21st, 1902. SIR, M. WALTON BROWN, Secretary. HOME OFFICE, WHITEHALL, 4th September, 1902. I am commanded by the King to convey to you hereby His Majesty's thanks for the Loyal and Dutiful Address of The Institution of Mining Engineers, on the occasion of Their Majesties' Coronation. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, A. AKERS DOUGLAS. The Secretary to The Institution of Mining Engineers, THE NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, HELD IN THE WOOD MEMORIAL HALL, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MR. J. G. WEEKS, RETIRING PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. The SECRETARY read the minutes of the last General Meeting, and reported the proceedings of the Council at their meetings on July 19th and that day, and of the Council of The Institution of Mining Engineers. ELECTION OF OFFICERS, 1902-1903. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. J. G. Weeks) appointed Messrs. L. Austin, J. Kirsopp, jun., Thomas Lowdon, N. B. Ridley, J. Southern and W. B. Wilson, jun., as scrutineers of the balloting-papers for the election of officers for the year 1902-1903. The scrutineers afterwards reported the result of the ballot, as follows:- Mr. R. S. ANDERSON. COUNCILLORS: Mr. T. Y. GREENER. Mr. C. C. LEACH. Mr. JOHN SIMPSON moved, and the RETIRING PRESIDENT seconded, a vote of thanks to the scrutineers for their services, and it was cordially approved. Mr. THOMAS DOUGLAS moved a vote of thanks to the Retiring President, Vice-Presidents and Councillors, and to the representatives of the Institute on the Council of The Institution of Mining Engineers, for their services during the past year. Their President (Mr. J. G. Weeks) had devoted a very large amount of time and attention to the affairs of the Institute, which had progressed materially during his term of office. Mr. W. C. BLACKETT, in seconding the vote of thanks, remarked that the President had carried out his duties to the entire satisfaction of the members. The vote of thanks was cordially approved. The RETIRING PRESIDENT (Mr. J. G. Weeks), in acknowledging the vote of thanks on his own behalf, and also on behalf of the members of the Council and of their representatives on the Council of the Institution of Mining Engineers, thanked the members for the kind manner in which they had appreciated what had been done during their term of office. Personally, he was very grateful for the honour which they had conferred upon him in electing him as their President; and it was interesting to note that four Presidents had been connected with the Bedlington collieries: namely, the late Mr. Nicholas Wood, Mr. John Daglish, Mr. Thomas Douglas and himself. The Annual Report of the Council was read as follows: |