A fine early 20th century 9ct gold presentation medal awarded to J. Chaloner Smith, 6th Jan 1919, by the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland for his 'Notes upon the average volume of flow water from large catchment areas in Ireland', obverse with portrait bust of Michael Bernard Mullins (1808-1871), a famous civil engineer in Ireland, reverse with inscription, with fitted red leather-effect box. Note: John Chaloner Smith (1870-1932) was born in County Mayo on 7th November 1870 and worked in the Belfast and Northern County railways from 1891 to 1892 as an assistant, then later helped with alterations to the district lunatic asylum at Castlebar, County Mayo. Shortly after 1896, he joined the Public Works Office as an inspector and became a leading expert in water levels and rainfall.