BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA 



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Professor John Perry. The presidents of the various sections are as 

 follows: A (Mathematical and Physical Sciences), Professor A. E. 

 Forsyth; B (Chemistry), George T. Beilby, Esq.; C (Geology), Pro- 

 fessor H. A. Miers; D (Zoology), G. A. Boulanger, Esq.; E (Geog- 

 raphy), Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton; F (Economic Science and 

 Statistics), Rev. W. Cunningham; G (Engineering), Colonel Sir C. 

 Scott Moncrieff; H (Anthropology), Dr. A. C. Haddon; I (Physiol- 

 ogy), Colonel D. Bruce; K (Botany), H. W. T. Wager, Esq.; L 

 (Educational Science), Professor Sir Richard C. Jebb. Amongst 

 others who attended and who are not included in the above lists or in 

 the list of lecturers given below may be mentioned Sir Benjamin 

 Baker, Sir T. Lauder Brunton, Professor John Milne, Dr. J. A. H. 

 Murray, Sir W. H. Preece, the Earl of Rosse, Alexander Siemens, Esq., 

 and Dr. A. Traill, provost of Trinity College, Dublin. 



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To one accustomed to the rush of the high-speed boats on the north 

 Atlantic, the rows of huddled up and miserable passengers lying in 

 deck chairs, the cold winds and the frequent bad weather, a journey 

 in a mail steamer crossing the equator presents a pleasing contrast. 

 There is a general air of sociability and comfort; sports, tournaments 



Some of the Members on the 'Saxon' before the ship left Southampton. In the top 

 row, reckoning from the right, may be seen Prof, and Mrs. Herdman, Prof. Forsyth, Mr. Fresh- 

 field, Sir R. Jebb, Sir W. Wharton, Dr. Murray; in the second row, Dr. Haddon, Professor 

 Perry, Sir W. Crookes, Sir L. Brunton, Major Macmahon, Mrs. Darwin; in the third row, the 

 writer, Professor Darwin and Professor Sol las. 



