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there is a flourishing Geological Society where he may have his 

 papers read, published and discussed to his heart's content. 



Again, if the results of scientific research are not made easily 

 accessible they lose much of their value, and an obstacle is raised 

 in the way of further work; and till 1905 what was known about 

 the geology of South Africa was hidden away in numerous 

 scattered papers and reports. In that year, however, appeared 

 the excellent text-books on the geology of Cape Colony and of 

 South Africa as a whole by Dr. Rogers and Drs. Hatch and 

 Corstorphine respectively. We have also the translation by Mr. 

 Ronaldson, of Molengraaff's memoir, on the geology of the 

 Transvaal. There is still room for more work of this kind, and 

 text-books on the economic geology of South Africa and on its 

 mineralogy and petrology would be welcomed. 



For the appreciation and utilisation of the results of 

 geological work some previous knowledge of the subject is 

 necessary. In the primary and secondary schools, an elementary 

 course of geology and mineralogy has not yet found a place, and, 

 though it may at first appear somewhat unreasonable to suggest 

 that this subject should be included in what is already an over- 

 crowded curriculum, yet I think that a very good case for this 

 could be stated. In the higher branches of education geolog}^ 

 cannot now be said to be neglected. When I first came to South 

 Africa, ten years ago, I found myself occupying temporarilv the 

 only chair of geology in the country ; that at the South African 

 College. Now there is provision for the teaching of the subject 

 in seven colleges within the Union. The greatest advance has 

 been made at Johannesburg, where the South African School of 

 ]\Iines and Technology, following the lead of many European 

 and American colleges, has recently established a Chair of 

 Economic Geology in addition to the Chair of Geology and 

 Mineralogy. 



