g º - - - Fourth InternationalCongresson Inland Navigation, a . MANCHESTER, 1890. DA ILY JOURNAL, MONDAY, JULY 28th, 1890. The INA UGURAL MEAET/WG will take place in the Concert Hall, Peter Street, this evening. ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. The Delegates and Members will be received by the Chairman and Inaugural Meeting. Members of the Executive Committee in the Lower Hall, from 7 to 7-50. They are requested to register their names as they enter. The Chair will be taken in the Large Hall at 8 o'clock, by Sir Joseph C. Lee, Convener of the Congress and Chairman of the Executive Committee. The Chairman will be supported on the Platform by Vice- Presidents and Members of the Executive Committee. The Chairman will call upon the President of the Congress (The Right Honourable Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bart., M.P., President of the Board of Trade) to take the Chair. The President will then take the Chair, and deliver the Inaugural Address. The President having vacated the Chair in favour of the Mayor of Manchester, a Resolution of thanks for his Address will be proposed (in French) by Voisin-Bey, head of the French Delegation to the Congress, and seconded by E. Leader Williams, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee. The Chairman of the Executive Committee will submit the names of the Officers of the various Sections. The Congress will then be adjourned, to meet in the Town Hall on Tuesday, July 29th, at IO a.m. The members of the International Statistical Commission, which was International appointed at the Congress held in Frankfort-on-Main, will meet in the room c.n. of Section C, this day, at 10 a.m., to consider and approve the draft Report which has been prepared, and which will be presented to the Congress for adoption. —m Copies of the revised Handbook can now be had at the General Revised Handbook. Offices, Town Hall. Members are requested to apply at the General Offices for full sets of º of * to g o © G € C11SCUISSCO1, the papers to be discussed in the various Sections. Special invitations for the Reception to be given by the Mayor and Public Reception. Corporation of Manchester, on Tuesday evening, are now ready, and will be delivered on application at the General Offices. Each member is entitled to bring a lady. (See page 21 of the Handbook.) Members who propose to join the Excursions to the River Weaver º to º º te C 3.VCI all Navigation, and Chester (for Eaton Hall) on Tuesday, are reminded that §..." applications must be made for special tickets by 5 o'clock this day at the General Offices. (See pages 22, 23, and 26 of the Handbook.) While the party is at Eaton Hall an opportunity will be given to those who prefer it of visiting the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company's new swing bridge at Hawarden. Members who propose to accept the invitation to Lord Egerton's Lord Pgerton's - sº Garden Party. Garden Party on Wednesday, are requested to inform the Secretary at the General Offices not later than 6-30 on Tuesday evening, and to state whether they intend to go to Tatton Park by Omnibus or Rail. (See page 21 of the Handbook.) The Foreign Delegates who desire to go in the party to Scotland on Excursion to tº de o { } Scotland (for Forth Friday, are requested to communicate with the Secretary without delay. . The list closes on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Members are requested to record their temporary addresses in Man- . of . e © © º emporary reSSCS chester in the Register which lies on the counter at the General Offices. - Members who take part in the discussions are requested to leave the Reports of Speeches. manuscripts of their speeches with the Official Reporters in the Sectional Meeting Rooms; and, if possible, to call at the Journalists' Room, in the Town Hall, between 7 and 7-3o the same evening, to correct proofs. Members are reminded of the importance of always having their Membership Tickets. Congress Tickets with them, as their presentation is necessary to secure admission to the meeting rooms and on other occasions. These tickets are non-transferable. Members are requested to apply at the General Offices each morning Copies of Daily © tº Journal. for copies of the Daiſy % ournal and other papers. e \{- © ... O Fourth InternationalCongresson Inland Navigation, ak. MANCHESTER, 1890. -, * * DA ILY J O U R N A L, TUESDAY, JULY 29th, 1890. Sections A, B, C, and D will meet in their respective Rooms in the Meetings of the g e Sections. Town Hall, at Io a.m., under the presidency of the following gentlemen:- Section A S. R. Platt, Esq., D.L. * 5 y B - Monsieur A. Gobert. & * * ,, C - Henry Lee, Esq. - ,, D Sir Edward G. Jenkinson, K.C.B. The Sections will rise at 1 o'clock. Members who have received Tickets for the visit this day to the Visit to Ship Canal Ship Canal Works are requested to be at the Pomona Dock, Cornbrook, by Works. I-55 p.m. Members who have received Tickets for the Excursions to the River i. to d XIVer eaVer an Weaver and Chester (for Eaton Hall) are requested to be at the Central chester. Station by I-55 p.m. The special train leaves punctually at 2 o'clock. The reception of the Members by the Mayor and Corporation of Public Reception in Manchester will take place in the Town Hall, from 8 to 10 p.m. Those """ Members who have not yet applied for the special cards of invitation can obtain them at the general offices. Evening Dress will be worn. Members who propose to accept the invitation to Lord Egerton's ººgºon's e Garden Party. Garden Party, on Wednesday, are requested to inform the Secretary at the General Offices not later than 6-30 on Tuesday evening, and to state whether they intend to go to Tatton Park by Omnibus or Rail. (See page 21 of the Handbook.) Foreign Members who have received invitations from the Manchester Visit to the * tº gº tº Manchester Corporation to visit the Waterworks at Longdendale are reminded that the waterworks. special train leaves London Road Station for Crowden at Io-2 a.m., on - Wednesday. (See page 23 of the Official Handbook.) Members who desire to join the Excursions to Liverpool, Chatsworth, Applications to join Crewe Works, and Scotland are requested to give in their names at the "* General Offices without delay. Members are requested to record their temporary addresses in Man-Register of chester in the Register which lies on the counter at the General Offices. **** | [over. • . Members who take part in the discussions are requested to leave the Reports of Speeches. manuscripts of their speeches with the Official Reporters in the Sectional Meeting Rooms; and, if possible, to call at the Journalists' Room, in the Town Hall, between 7 and 7-3o the same evening, to correct proofs. Members are reminded of the importance of always having their Membership Tickets. Congress Tickets with them, as their presentation is necessary to secure admission to the meeting rooms and on other occasions. These tickets are non-transferable. Members are requested to apply at the General Offices each morning * Daily for copies of the Daiſy % ournal and other papers. Copies of Monday's issue of the Daiſy %urnal can still be had on º application at the General Offices. issues of Journal. By order of the Executive Committee, ANDREW A. GILLIES, Secretary. Fourth International Congresson Inland Navigation, 4... - MANCHESTER, 1890. - DA ILY J O U R N A L, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30th, 1890. Sections A, B, C, and D will meet in their respective Rooms in the Meetings of the Town Hall, at 1o a.m., under the presidency of the following gentlemen;–?” Section A - S. R. Platt, Esq., D.L. ,, B - Monsieur A. Gobert. ,, C - Henry Lee, Esq. ,, D Sir Edward G. Jenkinson, K.C.B. The Sections will rise at 1 o'clock. Members who have received Tickets for the visit this day to the visit to ship canal Ship Canal Works are requested to be at the Pomona Dock, Cornbrook, by "* I-55 p.m. Members who desire to join the Excursions to the Manchester Ship Applications to join Canal Works, Liverpool, Chatsworth, Crewe Works, and Scotland are various Excursions. requested to give in their names at the General Offices without delay. The list for the Excursion to Liverpool, on Thursday, closes at 1 p.m. this day. Members who have accepted the invitation to Lord Egerton's Garden Lord Egerton's Party at Tatton, this day, are reminded that they can be conveyed by Garden Party. omnibuses at a uniform fare of 2/6 each way. The conveyances will leave Albert Square at 2-3o prompt. The drive to Tatton will take about two hours. - & A special train (provided free of cost by the M. S. & L. Railway Company) will leave the Central Station for Knutsford at 4-45, and return from Knutsford at 7 o'clock. Those travelling by this train will be conveyed in carriages to and from the Hall at a charge of 1/- for each journey. . It is suggested that those who drive out might return by rail, and vice versä. The Representatives of the various nationalities who have received Visit to the invitations from the Corporation to visit the Manchester Waterworks this *. day, are requested to be at London Road Station by 9-55 a.m. The special train (provided free of cost by the M. S. & L. Railway Company) leaves for Crowden at 10-2 a.m., and not at 2-2 p.m. as originally announced. The return train will leave Hadfield at 5 o'clock and arrive in Manchester at 5-35. - [over. Members who intend going to Liverpool on Thursday are requested i. to to apply for their tickets that morning at the General Offices. With each ticket will be given a card of invitation from the Mayor of Liverpool to a Reception in the Town Hall from 3-3o to 5-15 p.m. Register of Members are requested to record their temporary addresses in Man- Temporary Addresses. chester in the Register which lies on the counter at the General Offices. Members who take part in the discussions are requested to leave the Reports of Speeches. manuscripts of their speeches with the Official Reporters in the Sectional Meeting Rooms; and, if possible, to call at the Journalists' Room, in the Town Hall, between 7 and 7-3o the same evening, to correct proofs. Members are reminded of the importance of always having their Membership Tickets. Congress Tickets with them, as their presentation is necessary to secure admission to the meeting rooms and on other occasions. These tickets are non-transferable. Copies of Daily Members are requested to apply at the General Offices each morning Journal for copies of the Daily journal and other papers. Copies of previous Copies of previous issues of the Daily journal can still be had on issues of Journal. application at the General Offices. The full text of the telegram which was sent by Sir Joseph C. Lee from the inaugural meeting on Monday evening to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Patron of the Congress, in reply to His Royal Highness's message of congratulation, was as follows:— TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, GOODWOOD. The International Congress on Inland Navigation thank your Royal Highness for the kind wishes expressed in your telegram, and assure your Royal Highness of their appreciation of the interest you take in a subject of such International importance. From Sir Joseph C. LEE. By order of the Executive Committee, ANDREW A. GILLIES, Secretary. º Fourth InternationalCongresson Inland Navigation, 4tº, MANCHESTER, 1890. -- DAILY JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30th, 1890. / Sections A, B, C, and D will meet in their respective Rooms in the Meetings of the Town Hall, at 10 a.m., under the presidency of the following gentlemen:-* Section A - S. R. Platt, Esq., D.L. ,, B - Monsieur A. Gobert. ,, C - Henry Lee, Esq. ,, D Sir Edward G. Jenkinson, K.C.B. The Sections will rise at 1 o'clock. Members who have received Tickets for the visit this day to the visit to ship Canal Ship Canal Works are requested to be at the Pomona Dock, Cornbrook, by "“” I-55 p.m. Members who desire to join the Excursions to the Manchester Ship Applications to join Canal Works, Liverpool, Chatsworth, Crewe Works, and Scotland are various Excursions. requested to give in their names at the General Offices without delay. The list for the Excursion to Liverpool, on Thursday, closes at 1 p.m. this day. r Members who have accepted the invitation to Lord Egerton's Garden . Party at Tatton, this day, are reminded that they can be conveyed by arden Party. omnibuses at a uniform fare of 2/6 each way. The conveyances will leave Albert Square at 2-3o prompt. The drive to Tatton will take about two hours. A special train (provided free of cost by the M. S. & L. Railway Company) will leave the Central Station for Knutsford at 4-45, and return from Knutsford at 7 o'clock. Those travelling by this train will be conveyed in carriages to and from the Hall at a charge of 1/- for each journey. It is suggested that those who drive out might return by rail, and vice versä. The Representatives of the various nationalities who have received Visit to the invitations from the Corporation to visit the Manchester Waterworks this *. day, are requested to be at London Road Station by 9-55 a.m. The special train (provided free of cost by the M. S. & L. Railway Company) leaves for Crowden at Io-2 a.m., and not at 2-2 p.m. as originally announced. The return train will leave Hadfield at 5 o'clock and arrive in Manchester at 5-35. [over. w Members who intend going to Liverpool on Thursday are requested Excursion to to apply for their tickets that morning at the General Offices. With each ºr. ticket will be given a card of invitation from the Mayor of Liverpool to a Reception in the Town Hall from 3-30 to 5-15 p.m. Register of Members are requested to record their temporary addresses in Man- Temporary Addresses. chester in the Register which lies on the counter at the General Offices. Members who take part in the discussions are requested to leave the Reports of Speeches. manuscripts of their speeches with the Official Reporters in the Sectional Meeting Rooms; and, if possible, to call at the Journalists' Room, in the Town Hall, between 7 and 7-3o the same evening, to correct proofs. Members are reminded of the importance of always having their Membership Tickets. Congress Tickets with them, as their presentation is necessary to secure admission to the meeting rooms and on other occasions. These tickets are non-transferable. Copies of Daily Members are requested to apply at the General Offices each morning Journal for copies of the Daiſy %urnal and other papers. Copies of previous issues of the Daily journal can still be had on ºf P* e tº issues of Journal. application at the General Offices. The full text of the telegram which was sent by Sir Joseph C. Lee from the inaugural meeting on Monday evening to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Patron of the Congress, in reply to His Royal Highness's message of congratulation, was as follows:— & TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, GOODWOOD. The International Congress on Inland Navigation thank your Royal Highness for the kind wishes expressed in your telegram, and assure your *--- Royal Highness of their appreciation of the interest you take in a subject of such International importance. From Sir Joseph C. LEE. By order of the Executive Committee, ANDREW A. GILLIES, - - Secretary. Fourth International Congress inland Navigation, 44. gº MANCHESTER, 1890. DA ILY J O U R N A L, THURSDAY, JULY 31st, 1890. Sections A, B, C, and D will meet in their respective Rooms in the Meetings of the Town Hall, at 9:30 a.m., under the presidency of the following Sections. gentlemen:— Section A S. R. Platt, Esq., D.L. } } B - Monsieur A. Gobert. ,, C - Henry Lee, Esq. ,, D - Sir Edward G. Jenkinson, K.C.B. The Sections will rise at I I-45 a.m. Members who have received Tickets for the visit this day to the visit to ship Canal Ship Canal Works are requested to be at the Pomona Dock, Cornbrook, by Works. I-55 p.m. Members who desire to join the Excursions to the Manchester Ship Applications to join Canal Works and Crewe Works are requested to give in their names at various Excursions. the General Offices without delay. The list for the Excursion to Chatsworth, on Friday, closes at 12 o'clock this day. The list for the Excursion to Scotland is now closed. Members who intend going to Liverpool this day are requested to Excursion to apply for their Tickets at the General Offices early in the forenoon. The Liverpool. special train (provided free of cost by the Cheshire Lines Committee) will leave the Central Station at 12-5 p.m., reaching Liverpool at 12-45. Those members who have received Tickets for the “Teutonic,” “Eastham,” or the “Vigilant” (Docks and Harbour Board's Tender) are requested, at the Railway Station in Liverpool, to be careful to enter the particular omnibuses reserved for the respective parties. Refreshments will be provided for each party. The Mayor of Liverpool will hold a Reception in the Town Hall, from 4 to 5-15. The return train will leave the Central Station, Liverpool, at 5-30. A charge of 2/6 per head will be made to cover hire of vehicles, &c. / In connection with the Excursion to Chatsworth, on Friday, members Excursion to ” of the party wishing to go South by the London Express from Rowsley, º at 6-20, are requested to give notice of their intention to do so at the “” General Offices, before 12 o'clock this day, in order that arrangements may be made for their conveyance to the railway station from Haddon Hall. (See Handbook, page 23.) A Garden Party will be held this Evening in the Royal Botanical Gardens, at Old Trafford, from 7 to 9-30. A Military Band will perform on the Promenade, and a Vocal Enter- tainment be given in the Concert Hall by a Choir of loo voices. 2 Register of Temporary Addresses. Reports of Speeches. Membership Tickets. Copies of Daily Journal. Copies of previous issues of Journal. Ample shelter is provided in case the weather should be unfavourable. These Gardens formed one of the attractions of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition of 1887, which was held on the adjoining land. The Grounds will be illuminated by the electric light during the evening. & Special tram-cars will convey Delegates and Members from the Grand Entrance of the Town Hall to the Main Entrance at the Gardens, at intervals between 6-30 and 7-30, at a special fare of 3d. each. Return cars to the city will also be run from 9 to 9-40 p.m. Members will be admitted to the Gardens on presenting their Congress Tickets. Each Member is entitled to bring a lady with him, free of charge. Non-Members will be admitted on payment of 2/6 each at the gates. Members are requested to record their temporary addresses in Man- chester in the Register which lies on the counter at the General Offices. Members who take part in the discussions are requested to leave the manuscripts of their speeches with the Official Reporters in the Sectional Meeting Rooms; and, if possible, to call at the Journalists' Room, in the Town Hall, between 7 and 7-3o the same evening, to correct proofs. Members are reminded of the importance of always having their Congress Tickets with them, as their presentation is necessary to secure admission to the meeting rooms and on other occasions. These tickets are non-transferable. Members are requested to apply at the General Offices each morning for copies of the Daiſy % ournal and other papers. Copies of previous issues of the Daiſy % ournal can still be had on application at the General Offices. - FORMATION OF A PERMANENT COMMITTEE. At the meeting, held yesterday, the following resolution was proposed by Monsieur Lindley, Frankfort; seconded by Voisin Bey, Paris, and carried – - The Fourth Congress gives expression to the wish that the country in which the next Congress will be held should, without delay, form its Committee of Organisation for the selection of subjects to be considered, on which Committee are to be appointed members representing the different nations which have taken part in the anterior Congresses, to be chosen from amongst those who have given special attention to works and studies of interest to Inland Navigation. CONSTITUTION D'UN COMITÉ PERMANENT. RESOLUTION ADOPTEE. Proposé par Monsieur Lindley, Frankfort. Secondé par Monsieur Voisin Bey, Paris. “Le 4" Congrès exprime le voeu que le pays oil devra avoir lieu le “Congrès suivant veuille bien, dans le plus bref délai, constituer son Comité “d'organisation et d'études dans leguel figureront des membres des différente “nations qui ont pris part aux précèdents Congrès et choisis parmi les “personnalités dévouées aux travaux et études intéressant la navigation “interieure.” - 3 ORDER OF THE DAY. —Section C. 11 a.m. this morning. A statement will be submitted by Professor J. E. C. MUNRo advocating a Bibliography relating to Canals and Inland Waterways. MEMORANDUM. A great service would be rendered to those engaged in studying the history, condition, and economic effects of canals and inland waterways by the compilation of a bibliography. Such a work could be most effectively prepared by an international committee, composed of delegates from each country represented at the Congress. After such committee had determined the best system of classification, the members representing each State could take the necessary steps to ascertain what works have been published in such State relating to canals and waterways. A member of the Congress is prepared to place at the disposal of such a committee a manuscript bibliography of several hundred books in various languages relating to canals in different countries. SUJET DU JOUR.—Section C. a 1 1*. de matin. BIBLIOGRAPHIE AYANT TRAIT AUx CANAUx ET AUx vones DE TRANSPORT INTÉRIEURES. On rendarait un grand service aux personnes occupées à étudier, l'histoire, condition et économie des canaux et voies de transport intérieures en compilant une bibliographie; un ouvrage tel qui pourrait étre plus facile- ment préparé par un comité international composé de délégués de chaque pays répresentes au congrès. Après que ce comité aurait déterminé le meilleur système de classification, le nombre représentant chaque pays pourrait faire les démarches nécessaires pour s assurer des ouvrages ayant trait aux canaux et voies de transport qui ont été publiés dans chaque pays. Un membre du congrès est disposé à mettre à la disposition du susdit comité, un manuscrit bibliographique contenant les noms de plusieurs centaines de livres en diverses langues et ayant rapport aux canaux des différents pays. SECTION D. DRAFT RESOLUTIONS FOR DISCUSSION THIS DAY :— The Section having read and discussed the Papers presented, expresses the following opinions:– I. Owing to the low cost of construction and maintenance of water- ways, they form a valuable means for transporting large masses at cheap rateS. II. In order to secure cheap through-going transport, a system with uniform dimensions is desirable. III. Under certain conditions, it is advisable to have competition between railways and canals. At the same time, canals are not injurious to railways, but rather feeders of them, and supplementary to them. IV. The great value of waterways to the country at large justifies the State in assisting, as far as possible, the construction and maintenance of canals of uniform dimensions, so as to encourage through traffic at low rateS. - 4 V. Waterways, being, as a general rule, feeders of, and supplementary to, railways, State expenditure on canals would in many cases be amply justified. SECTION D. La Section, après lecture et discussion des rapports à Elle soumis, exprime les opinions suivantes: * I. Les voies navigables, en raison du faible coſt de leur construction et de leur entretien, constituent un moyen avantageux pour le transport a bon marché de grandes masses de marchandise. II. Un système de voies navigables de dimensions uniformes est désirable pour assurer des transports a bon marché sur de longues distances. III. Dans certains cas, il est désirable qu'il existe une' concurrence entre les chemins de fer et les voies navigables; toutefois les canaux ne causent pas de préjudice aux chemins de fer, mais tendent plutót à les alimenter et à les complèter. IV. La grande valeur des voies navigables pour le pays en générale, justifie l'intervention de l’Etat, pour aider autant que possible, la construction et l'entretien de voies navigables de dimensions uniformes, afin d'encourager le trafic à longue distance a bon marché. - V. Les voies navigables, en général, servant a alimenter et compléter les chemins de fer, des dépenses par l'Etat a leur profit seraient dans beaucoup de cas justifiées. ENTWURF ZU DEN RESOLUTIONEN ABTHEILUNG D. Die Abtheilung hat die vorgelegte Berichte gelesen und berathen und spricht die folgende Ansicht aus :- (1) In Folge ihrer niedrigen Herstellungs und Betriebskosten bilden die Wasserstrassen ein werthvolles Mittel für den Transport von Massen- gütern zu billigen Preisen. (2) Zwecks Sicherung billiger Durchgangs-Transporte ist ein Wasser- strassennetz mit durchwegs gleichen Dimensionen erwünscht. (3) Unter gewissen Bedingungen ist es rathsam Eisenbahnen und Wasserstrassen in Concurrenz treten zu lassen indessen sind die Wasser- strassen zu gleichen Zeit nicht nothwendiger Weise den Eisenbahnen schädlich, bilden vielmehr für dieselben Zuführungs und Ergänzungs Verkehrsmittel. (4) Der grosse Werth, welchen Wasserstrassen für das gesammte Land besitzen, rechtfertigt den Staat so weit wie méglich, die Herstellung und Unterhaltung von Wasserstrassen von durchwegs gleichen Dimensionen zu unterstützen, Zwecks Belebung von Durchgangs Verkehr zu billigen Frachtsätzen. Da Wasserstrassen in der Regel Zuführungs und Ergänzungs Verkehrsadern für die Eisenbahnen bilden, ist die Ausgabe von Staats- gelden auf die Wasserstrassen in vielen Fällen vollständiggerechtfertigt. By order of the Executive Committee, ANDREW A. GILLIES, Secretary. Fourth InternationalCongresson Inland Navigation, 44%. . . * MANCHESTER, 1890. < DA ILY J O U R N A L, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1890. The Preliminary Committee appointed on Wednesday to arrange as to Permanent the formation of a Permanent Commission, will meet again this day in Commission. Committee Room AVo. 1, at 9 a.m. The whole of the Members of the Congress will assemble in the Room General Meeting of of Section B, at Io o'clock prompt. The Reports of the various Sections Congress. will then be presented by the respective Chairmen. Mr. Courtenay Boyle, C.B., will propose a vote of thanks to the vote of thanks to Foreign Delegates for the assistance they have rendered in the various Foreign Delegates. Sections. An invitation to hold the next Congress in Paris will be presented and Next Congress. considered. The Closing Address will be given by the Right Hon. the Lord Closing Address. Balfour of Burleigh, Deputy President of the Congress, at 11 a.m. Members who are proceeding to Scotland (having already given in Excursion to their names) will receive their tickets on application at the General Offices Scotland. in the morning. The train (by the Midland route) leaves Victoria Station —Platform No. 6—at 2-32 p.m. Members of the party are requested to be at the Station in good time. On presenting their membership tickets at the booking office they will be entitled to a return ticket permitting them to travel to Edinburgh and back to Manchester for a single third-class fare (18/6). First-class carriages will be provided by the Railway Company. The “Midland” and “Waverley” routes have been adopted on account of the beauty of the scenery. The hotel and other arrangements will be announced en route by Mr. Marshall Stevens, Honorary Secretary, and Mr. Andrew. A. Gillies, Secretary, who will conduct the party. This day, a special train (provided free of cost by the Midland Excursion to Railway Company) will leave the Central Station at 1-25 p.m., reaching : - Bakewell at 2-20. Conveyances will be in attendance to drive the party to “"“” Chatsworth, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., and from thence to Haddon Hall, a quaint residence of the twelfth century, now the property of the Duke of Rutland, K.G. - After viewing the Hall the party will be conveyed to the Castle Hotel, Bakewell, where tea will be provided. The return train will start from Bakewell at 7-30, arriving in Manchester at 8-20. Members of the party. wishing to go south may catch the London Express from Rowsley, by. special arrangement, at 6-25. The charge per head will be 5/- sº “ Visit to Crewe Works. 2 - The Directors of the London and North-Western. Railway. Company have invited Members of the Congress to visit their works at Crewe. They will provide a special train, leaving London Road Station at I-15 p.m., returning from Crewe at 5-35. This Excursion is free of charge. Members of the party will please take luncheon before starting. RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON THURSDAY BY SECTION D. The Section having read and discussed the Papers presented, and having regard to the proceedings and resolutions of former Congresses, expresses the following opinions:– I. Owing to the low cost of construction and maintenance of water- ways, they form a valuable means for transporting large masses at cheap rates, and should be the object of earnest attention on the part of all concerned and of the State. II. In order to secure cheap through-going transport, a system of waterways with uniform dimensions is essential. III. The existence and development together of railways and water- ways are desirable— (1) Because these two means of transport are the complement of each other, and ought to contribute each according to its special merits to the public good. (2) Because from a broad point of view the industrial and commercial development which will result from the perfecting of means of communication must in the end profit both the railways and waterways. IV. The great value of waterways to the country at large, and the fact that they are feeders of and supplementary to railways, justifies the State and public bodies in assisting the construction and maintenance of canals of uniform dimensions, so as to encourage through traffic at low rates. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTÉES PAR LA SECTION D. La Section, après lecture et discussion des rapports a elle soumis et se référant aux travaux et conclusions des Congrès antérieurs, exprime les opinions suivantes: I. Les voies navigables, en raison du faible coſt de leur construction et de leur entretien, constituent un moyen avantageux pour le transport, a bon marché, de grandes masses de marchandises et doivent étre l'objet de la plus sérieuse attention de tous les intéressés et de l’Etat. II. Un système de voies navigables uniformes est essentiel pour assurer des transports a bon marché sur de longues distances. III. L'existence et le développement simultanés des chemins de fer et des voies navigables sont désirables: I* parce que ces deux moyens de transport Sont le complément l'un de l'autre et doivent concourir chacun suivant ses mérites spéciaux au bien général, 2* parce que, en voyant les choses dans leur ensemble, le développement industriel et commercial qui est le résultat certain du perfectionnement des voies de communication finit par profiter a la fois aux chemins de fer et aux voies navigables. IV. La grande valeur des voies navigables pour le pays en général et le fait que ces voies alimentent et complètent les chemins de fer justifient l'intervention de l’Etat et des corps constitués pour aider la construction et l'entretien de voies navigables de dimensions uniformes, de manière à encourager le trafic à longues distances a bon marché.