Construction of Concrete Cantilever Galleries

The first duty which falls to my lot as President of this Institution is to thank the members for the honour which they have done me in electing me to that office. In so doing I would assure them that I will endeavour to follow, in so far as I am able, the example of my predecessors in serving the Institution to which we have the honour to belong. Major A.H.S. Waters

SIR,-Your review of this work in the June number of the Journal contains some statements which are of doubtful accuracy, and others which damn with such faint praise the most authoritative and comprehensive book which has appeared in this field for years, that I am moved to protest.

Designing structures with welded connections is very different from designing for riveted connections, and it is essential for the designer of welded structures to clear his mind of all matters relating to rivets and the types of connections used with them before he can tackle his work in an efficient manner. G.J. Voce