GENERAL PROGRAMME (Subject to Alteration).
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MONDAY, 23rd JUNE.
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.—Registration of members at the Surveyors' Institution, Great George Street, 'Westminster. Issue of membership cards, badges, invitations, tickets, programmes, etc.
10 a.m.—Meeting of the Permanent International Commission of the Road Congress at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, Westminster. Consideration of the report of the permanent council.
11.30 a.m.--Meeting of the permanent council, appointment of general committee and sectional committee and officers of the third congress.
2.30 p.m.—Opening meeting of the congress. The honorary president of the congress, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the chair.
Opening address by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Address by the chairman of the organising council, Sir GeorgeS. Gibb.
Address by president of the Permanent International Association.
Replies by delegates of foreign governments. 5.15 p.m.—Reception of members of the congress at the Road Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Victoria Street, S.W., by the president of the exhibition committee, the Right Hon. Earl Beauchamp, H.M. First Commissioner of Works.
Afternoon tea and music_ 7.45 p.m.—Reception and conversazione at the Guildhall, City of London. Members of the Congress will be received by the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London, at the Guildhall, City. (Evening dress.) TUESDAY, 24th JUNE.
10 a.m.—Meetings of the Sections for the consideration of papers and reports.
let Section. Sub-seetions A and B combined, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, S.W.
Question I.
2nd Section. Sub-sections C and D combined, at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, S.W.
Question 5. 3 p.m.—lst Section. Sub-sections A and B combiLed, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, S.W. Question 2 and Communications 1 and 2.
2nd Section. Sub-sectian 0, at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, S.W. Question 6.
Sub-section D, at the Surveyors' Institution, Great George Street, S.W. Question 8.
WEDNESDAY, 25th JUNE.
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.—Meetings of the Sections fur the eon. sicleration of papers and reports.
1st Section, Sub-section A, at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, S.W. Question 3 at 10 a.m.
Communications 3 and 4 at, 3 p.m. Sub-section B, at the Surveyors Institution, Great George Street, S.W.
Question 4 at 10 a.m.
Communication 5 at 3 p.m.
2nd Section. Sub-section C, at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate. S.W. Question 7 at 10 a.m.
Communications 6 and 7 at, 3 p.m. Sub-section D, at the Survey. rs' Institution, Question 9 at 10 a.m.
Communications 8, 9 and 10 at 3 p.m. 9 p.m.—Reception by the Institution of Civil Engineers at the Albert Hall, or the new premises of the Institution (if completed) in Great George Street, S.W.
THURSDAY, 26th JUNE.
Group " A."—Inspection of roads in Surrey,' Middlesex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, iii motorcars provided by members of the Royal Automobile Club, and organized by the Committee of the Club. Group "B."—Visit to Windsor Castle, on the gracious invitation of H.M. the King, to afternoon tea.
A special train will leave Paddington Station about 2 p.m., returning from Windsor about 6 p.m. Group " C."—River party.—A special train will leave Paddington Station about 10 a.M. for Henley; 9 p.m.—Reception oi the members of the Congress at the Royal Automobile Club by the chairman, the Hon. Arthur Stanley, M.P., and the Committee of the Club.
FRIDAY, 27th JUNE.
10 a.m.—Meeting of the Permanent Council.
10 a.m.—Further meetings of the Sections which have not completed their business. 2.30 p.m.—Final meeting of the Congress at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, S.W. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.—Garden party, given by the President, Council, and members of the Surveyors' Institution. Visit of the members of the Congress to representative London theatres.
SATURDAY, 28th JUNE.
Group "A."—Programme to be arranged by the Automobile Association and Motor Union.
Group "B."—Inspection of roads in Kent, including the section on which tests of road materials have been made at Sideup. Group " C."—Visit to Garden City at Letchworth. Group "D."—Visit to the National Physical Laboratory at Bushey, and to Hampton Court Palace. 7.30 p.m.—Banquet at the Hotel Cecil.
SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND EXCURSIONS, 30th JUNE TO 5th JULY.
A programme will be arranged for the week following the Congress of visits and inspections to places of interest, quarries, engineering workshops and roads in West of England, the Midlands, North Wales and Scotland.
EXHIBITION.
An exhibition of road materials and machinery will be held at the Royal Horticultural Society's Hall and in adjacent ground during the session of the Congress. The Royal Horticultural Society's Hall is situated in Vincent Square, Victoria Street, S.W., and is about five minutes walk from the Halls of the Institutions in which the seetiorLd meetings are held.
W. REEs JEFFREYS, Hon. General Secretary. Queen Anne's Chambers, Westminster, S.W.