GENERAL MEETINGS AT JOHANNESBURG. 



On Monday, July ^, at 2.30 p.m., the Association was offi- 

 cially welcomed by His Worship the Mayor of Johannesburg 

 (Councillor T. F. Allen) in the Assembly Hall of the South 

 African School of Mines and Technology. 



At 3.30 p.m.. Members of the Association proceeded on a 

 motor drive round Johannesburg and suburbs. 



At 8.15 p.m.. in the Selborne Hall. Dr. C. F. Juritz, M.A., 

 D.Sc, F.LC., took the chair as President, and delivered an 

 address, for which see page i. 



The President subsequentlv presented the South Africa 

 Medal to Mr. R. T. A. Innes, F.R.S.E., F.R.A.S. For the pro- 

 ceedings see page xxvii. 



On Tuesday, July 9, at 2 p.m., Members of the Association 

 visited the Crown Mines, and the Johannesburg Municipal Under- 

 takings, Power Station and Abattoirs. 



At 8.15 p.m., in the Assembly Hall of the South African 

 School of Mines and Technology, Prof. H. B. Fantham, M.A., 

 D.Sc, A.R.C.S., F.Z.S., delivered a discourse on " Evolution 

 and Mankind," the President of the Association presiding. 



On Wednesday, July 10. at 2 p.m., ^Members of the Asso- 

 ciation visited the New Modderfontein Gold Mine and Dunswart 

 Iron and Steel Works. 



At 2.30 p.m., Members visited the Johannesburg Trades 

 School and the South African Institute of Medical Research. 



At 8.15 p.m., Members attended a reception held by His 

 Worship the Mayor of Johannesburg, in the Town Hall. 



On Thursday, July 11, at 11.30 a.m., the Sixteenth Annual 

 General Meeting was held in the Assembly Hall of the South 

 African School of Mines and Technology, for Minutes of which 

 see page xiv. 



At 2 p.m., Members of the Association visited the New 

 Transvaal Chemical Works, Delmorc, and the Rosherville Power 

 Station of the Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Co., Ltd. 



At 8.15 p.m., Members attended a reception held by the 

 Local and Reception Committees at the Union Observatory. 



On Friday, July 12, at 8 a.m., Members of the Association 

 proceeded on an excursion to Vereeninging, and there visited the 

 Union Steel Corporation Works, the Vereeniging Power Station 

 of the Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Co., and the site of 

 the Rand Water Board Barrage on the Vaal River. 



At 8.15 p.m., in the Assembly Hall of the South African 

 School of Mines and Technology, Prof. J. E. Duerden, M.Sc, 

 Ph.D., A.R.C.S., delivered a discourse on " Ostriches," the Presi. 

 dent of the Association presiding. 



On the morning of Saturday, July 13, members of the Asso- 

 ciation inspected the underground working's of the Crown Mines. 



