XXIY EErORT OF COUNCIL . 



services. The duties of Editor were undertaken by Dr. H. B. Fantham. 

 A third number of Volume XVI. appeared at the end of April, under the 

 designation of October-Djcember, 1919. A fourth number called January- 

 March, 1920, did not appear until the end of June, owing to a month's 

 delay in the printer's office, after the page proofs were passed. At the 

 present time, the galley proofs of the remaining Kingwilliamstown papers, 

 to form an April-July, 1920, number, are being corrected. Owing to the 

 great delay, it has been found impracticable to submit galley proofs of the 

 forthcoming issue to some of the authors, though this step was taken with 

 great reluctance. An index is in preparation. 



In view of the high cost of printing and the paper shortage, it is 

 strongly recommended that either r.n annual volume be issued or quarterly 

 numbers. It is intended to endeavour to secure advertisements, but 

 commission will probably have to be paid to obtain them, and the cost of 

 printing them will be heavy. Even with the aid of advertisements, in view 

 of tlie increased cost of postage, the Editor is unable to recommend 

 for the present the continuance of monthly parts, which have nearl}- always 

 been behind their date of publication; further, such irregular publication 

 does not commend itself to advertisers. Money could also be saved by 

 condensing or omitting some of the matter usuaily printed at the beginning 

 of a new volume. 



5. Library : The Library, as received from Capetown, was unfortunately 

 not in a satisfactory condition. The Journals were not arranged, nor was 

 it possible to find some of the books and periodicaJs listed. On the other 

 hand, a large bulk of old correspondence and circulars of meetings held 

 many years ago, was received. An enormous weight, amounting to several 

 tons, of the Journals of the Association, both bound volumes and separate 

 monthly parts, was also received. It would appear that far too many copies 

 of the Journal were printed in the past, except in the case of the Meetings 

 of 1908 and 1909. This collection of old papers and the excess number of 

 Science Journals involved the Association in much needless expense for 

 removal, and they are occupying space in the Library which could be more 

 usefully filled by journals and publications obtained in exchange. Attempts 

 are being made to utilise this excess of old literature of the Association in 

 obtaining further exchanges, but in these days of costly printing and a 

 world shortage of paper, it is very difficult to obtain new exchanges. 



It appears that little has been done in the way of binding volumes in 

 the Association's Library for a long tim.'! past, : nd loose numbers are 

 deteriorating and getting lost. Money is urgently needed for binding. 



6. Assistant General Secretary : Owing to the change of Headquarters 

 of the Association from Capetown to Johannesburg, as decided by the 

 resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting of members held at 

 Kingwilliamstown, the post of Assistant General Secretary became vacant by 

 the "resignation of Mr. J. P. Starke, who had held the office since the 

 resignation of Mr. H. Tucker, mentioned in last year's report. The Council 

 decided to advertise the post, and as a result 5\Ir. INI. K. Carpenter was 

 chosen out of 108 applicants, and he took up the:' duties of Irhe poet on 

 1st September, 1919. 



7. Affiliation to British Association : No reply has yet been received 

 regarding this matter mentioned in last year's report. 



8. Donations ; The thanks of the Association are due to the Hon. The 

 Minister of Mines and Industries for the renewal of the grant of £150 for 

 the year ending 30th June, 1919, towards defraying the expenses of 

 publishing the Association's Journal, and £50 in aid of the expenses incurred 

 in connection with the Annual General Meeting. A further grant of £250 

 was made for the year ending June, 1920, of which £150 has already been 

 received. In addition to the above, your Council is pleased to be able to 

 record its thanks to the Witwatersrand Council of Education for a grant of 

 £100, and to Mr. W. Ingham for a donation of £50 towards defraying the 

 expenses of removal of the library from Capetown to Johannesburg. 



9. South Africa Medal and Grant, 1920 : On the recommendation of 

 the South Africa Medal Committee consisting of Professor H. B. Fantham 

 (Chairman), Sir Arnold Theiler, Principal Sir Carruthers Beattie, Professor 

 L. Crawford, Dr. I. B. Pole-Evans, Dr. H. H. Green, Professor P. Leslie. 



