Gisborne, the North Island coastal port, in the early days known as Turanganui, stands on the mouth of the Turanganui River. This is a short stretch of tidal water which forks, a few chains to the left of the traffic bridge at the left of Figure 1, into two rivers, the Waimata and the Taruheru. Royden H. Newman
DEAR SIR,-I was somewhat surprised to read the letter published in the current issue of The Structural Engineer from Mr. Arthur H. Douglas.
General. The study of foundations is a particularly interesting one, the interest, I think, being largely due to the fact that owing to the greater complexity of the factors involved, foundation engineering has not yet been reduced to such an exact science as some other branches of engineering. J.A.M. Sandover
The PRESIDENT, after an expression of thanks to Mr. Johnson for his very interesting and instructive paper, generally opened the discussion.