RErORT OF COU-XCIL. XXV 



Mr. C. P. Lounsbury, Professor J. Orr, Dr. i^nnie Porter, Dr. A. 

 W. Roberts and Professor J. A. Wilkinson, your Council has awarded the 

 South Africa Medal, together with a grant of £50, to Professor Ernest 

 Warren, D.Sc, F.Z.S., Director of the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, 

 and Professor of Zoology in the Natal University College' (see p. xxx). 



10. Closeb, Union and joint Housing of Learned Societies : It is 

 gratifying to be able to report that the scheme, the principle of which was 

 approved by members at the last Annual General Meeting, has attained 

 fruition, a suitable building in Johannesburg having been secured by the 

 generosity of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines for this purpose. As resolved. 

 Professors Orr and Watkin represented this Association on the Committee 

 dealing with this question, and it is hoped that the Association will become 

 a foundation member. This matter, which is of great importance, will be 

 discussed at the Annual General Meeting of members. 



11. Zoological Survey : With respect to the resolutions mentioned in 

 last year's report, a conference on this matter was held in Pretoria in 

 January, representatives of the Clniversities, Museums, and Government 

 Scientihc Departments of the Union and Rhodesia being present at the 

 invitation of the Hon. The Minister of INIines and Industries, who opened 

 the proceedings. Dr. Gilchrist was elected Chairman, and the report of the 

 conference waS; by the Minister's request, forwarded to the Advisory Board 

 of Industries and Science, which has not yet reported. Your Council feels 

 that the time has now arrived to take further steps in this matter. 



12. Reconstruction of the Union Senate : Messrs. R. T. A. Innes 

 and J. A. Foote were appointed a committee to communicate to the Press 

 an article embodying the whole course of action taken by the Association 

 concerning the constitution of the Senate, fiom the inception of the idea by 

 51 r. Watkins, of Kimberley, up to the present. 



13. International Research Council : As no steps had been taken by 

 any Institution of Learned Societies in the Union to collaborate with the 

 International Research Council formed in Europe for the international 

 co-operation and promotion of research, your Council resolved that the 

 Government of the Union be recommended to become a member of this 

 International Council, and that the Association be grouped with it. A copy 

 of this resolution was addressed to the Hon. The Minister of Education, 

 but so far no reply has been received. 



14. The New Council : On the basis of membership provided for in the 

 Constitution of the Association, Section VI. (d), the number of members of 

 Council assigned for the representation of each centre during the ensuing 

 twelve months should be distributed a^ follows : — 



Cupe Province : 



Cape Peninsula ... ... ... ... 7 



East London ... ... .. ... 1 



Kimberley ... ... ... ... 2 



Kingwilliamstown ... ... . . ... 1 



Port Elizabeth ... ... ... ... 2 



Stellenbosch ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Transvaal : 



W'itwatersrand ... ... ... ... 17 



Pretoria ... ... ... ... ... 4 



Potchefstroom ... ... ... ... ... 1 



Transvaal Outside ... ... ... ... 1 



Orange Free State : 



Bloemfontein .. ... ... ... ... 2 



A^atal : 



Maritzburg ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Durban ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Natal Outside ... ... ... ... 1 



Rhodesia : 



Bulawayo ... ... ., ... ... 1 



Salisbury ... .. ... ... ... 1 



Mozambique ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 



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