XXI 



SIXTli AWARD OF THE SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL AND 



GRANT. 



(Fund raised by Members of the British Association in com- 

 mciiioration of their z'isit tu South Africa in 1905.) 



In the unavoidable absence of Dr. A. \V. Rogers, to whom 

 the medal had been awarded, the President of the Association, 

 after the conclusion of his address in the Municipal Council 

 Chamber, Lourengo Marques, on Monday, 7th July, 191 3, handed 

 the medal to the Rey. Dr. W. Flint for conveyance to Dr. 

 Rogers. In doing so Dr. Roberts said : 



" Dr. Arthur William Rogers, M.A., ScD.. F.G.S., has been 

 engaged on geological work in South Africa since 1896, at first 

 as Assistant Geologist, and, since 1904, as Director of the Cape 

 Geological Survey. Upon the union of the Cape and Transvaal 

 surveys he assumed the rank of Assistant Director. A very 

 considerable portion of the Cape Province was geologically 

 mapped under his direction, and his writings upon these areas 

 are contained in the sixteen annual reports of the Geological 

 Commission of the Cape of Good Hope. In addition to his 

 departmental writings, Dr. Rogers has contributed a number of 

 papers to the Transactions of the South African Philosophical 

 Society (now the Royal Society of South Africa), and to the 

 Geological Society of South Africa, as well as other publica- 

 tions in South Africa and abroad. In 1910, as PVesident of 

 Section B of this Association, he delivered an important address 

 upon the origin of certain very old rocks, the history of vul- 

 canism, and past climates, with the object of discussing whether 

 they necessitate any serious modifications of the vmiformitarian 

 theory. In 1905, Dr. Rogers published a volume on the Geology 

 of the Cape Province, of which a second edition, revised and very 

 largely re-written in the light of new information elicited by the 

 operations of the survey under his direction, appeared in 1909. 

 In these works the physiographical and geological problems of 

 the parts of South Africa dealt^with are ably and judiciously set 

 forth. In recognition of his geological work the University of 

 Cambridge some years ago conferred upon him the degree of 

 Doctor of Science, and in 1907 the Geological Society of London 

 awarded him the Bigsby Medal. Dr. Rogers's work has ever 

 been distinguished for its thoroughness, and, in dealing with a 

 science in which speculation and hypothesis are apt to become 

 predominant he has always exercised restraint and caution in 

 dealing with the many difficulties presented to him when 

 endeavouring to unfold the coimtry's almost unique geological 

 problems. Dr. Rogers was a member of the Committee 

 appointed l)y the British Association in 1905 to investigate and 



