XVI Report S.A.A. Advancement of vScience. 



Local Branches of the Associaion. — The Council has approved 

 of the principle of the formation of active branches to continue the 

 work of the Association in the intervals between the annual sessions, 

 and has formulated provisional rules for their guidance. These rules 

 are subject to such modification as the Council may eventually decide 

 on in view of suggestions to be received from the various centres. 



Revision of Sections. — As already announced, the Council has 

 slightly revised the arrangement of the sections in order to obtain a 

 more scientific distribution of the subjects dealt with. 



Lectures. — A series of lectures on English literature by Prof. 

 Walter Raleigh, of Oxford, has been arranged by the Johannesburg 

 Members of the Council, in furtherance of which the Witwatersrand 

 Council of Education has made a grant of ^500. It is hoped that 

 these lectures will give a stimulus to general culture in South Africa. 



igo8 Meeting. — An invitation has been received for the Associa- 

 tion to hold its next annual meeting in Grahamstown, which 

 invitation vour Council has gratefully accepted. The date of the 

 meeting will be announced as soon as possible. 



