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SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL AND FUND. 



(Raised by Members of the British Association in eoniineiiwra- 

 ration of their visit to South Africa in 1905 J 



After the conclusion of the Presidential Address in the Lec- 

 ture Theatre of the South African College Engineering Labora- 

 tory, on Monday, October 31, the President (Dr. Thos. Muir) 

 handed the Medal and grant of £50 to Professor J. C. Beattie, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S.E. In doing so, the President said: — 



" The third award of the South Africa Medal and Grant has 

 been made to Dr. J. C. Beattie, Professor of Physics at the 

 South African College. Last year's recipient was Dr. H. 

 Bolus, the distinguished Botanist, and on the previous occasion 

 the ]\Iedal and Grant were awarded to Dr. Theiler, of the 

 Transvaal Veterinary Service. 



"Professor Beattie came to South Africa in 1897 to occupy 

 the Chair of Physics at the South African College, and imme- 

 diately began the work of the Magnetic vSurvey of South 

 Africa in conjunction with Professor Mor^rison, of Victoria 

 College, Stellenbosch. This work has since been carried on 

 by them in various vacations. 



'' In 1903 Dr. Beattie took a year's leave, which he devoted 

 to continuing the work, and he then visited various parts of 

 South Africa south of the Zambesi. The results of the work 

 up to 1906 have been published by the Royal Society of London. 

 Further work has been carried on since during successive 

 College vacations. The expenses of the work were met by 

 grants from the Royal Society, London (about £1.000), and 

 the various South African Governments (about £2,500), and by 

 smaller sums from the British Association and this Associa- 

 tion. 



" In 1909 Dr. Beattie again took a year's leave, in conjunc- 

 tion with Prof. Morrison, and the survey was carried out over 

 a large part of Central and Equatorial Africa, Prof. Beattie 

 himself working through to Gondokoro practically by the Cape 

 to Cairo route. This work of 1909 was carried out at the 

 expense of the Carnegie Institution, and the Royal Society 

 (London), with help from Dr. Jameson and Sir Lewis Michell. 

 while the expense was materially reduced by special facilities 

 from the late Government of the Colony of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, the Rhodesian Government, the Government of German 

 South West Africa, and the Sudan and Egyptian Government. 



" Since he came to South Africa, Professor Beattie has also 

 carried out other work in Physics, chiefly on the discharge of 

 electricity through gases, the results of which are published 

 in the Philosophical Magazine, and in the reports of this 

 Association." 



AWARD FOR 191 1. 



Notice is hereby given that nominations for the recipient of 

 the award for' 191 1 will be received by the Assistant General 

 Secretary of the Association, P.O. Box 1497, Cape Town, up 

 to and including 31st January, [911. 



