REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. XXV. 



guaranteed to purchase from the British Association, at cost price, 

 copies of this report for presentation to Members of the South African 

 Association wlio complied with the above conditions. 



The Annual General Meeting of Members of the South African 

 Association took place at Johannesburg on Monday, the 28tli August, 

 under the presidency of Mr. T. Reunert, M.I.C.E. At this meeting, 

 among other business, Mr. Gardner F. Williams was elected Presi- 

 dent for 1905-6, with Members of Council and a Managing Com- 

 mittee for the same period. Certain alterations to the Constitution 

 were also adopted. 



The Report of the Treasurer for the year ended 30th June, 

 1905, with financial statements, is appended. With regard to out- 

 standing subscriptions, the names of thirty-one Members, who, in 

 spite of repeated requests, failed to pay their sul)scnptions for the 

 year ending 30th June, 1902, have been struck off the register. 



The Council expresses the hope that Members will not allow their 

 subscriptions to fall in arrear, as besides the trouble and expense 

 caused by the sending out of reminders, the lack of funds prevents 

 the Council from carrying out one of the main objects of the Associa- 

 tion, viz., the granting of money for original research work. 



The report of the Meeting held at Johannesburg in April, 1904, 

 was published in the following December, and copies have been sent 

 to those who were Members on the 30th June, 1904, and who have 

 paid their subscriptions up to that date. From the appended state- 

 ment it will be seen that the cost to the Association for printing and 

 distributing the volume has been very small, and the thanks of the 

 Association are due to the Government of the Transvaal for the grant 

 of £400, and to certain gentlemen at Johannesburg who made 

 liberal donations for the same object. Thanks are also due to 



Mr. W. Cullen and Mr. J. R. Williams, whose services in collecting 

 funds for defraying the cost of publication were so successful. 



The list of individuals, societies, and public institutions to 

 which a copy of the report is presented now numbers 158, 

 and at the request of the local committee at Johannesburg 

 the publications received in exchange are sent to Johannesburg for 

 the purpose of forming the nucleus of a scientific reference library 

 there. 



The Council has accepted the offer of Mr. A. R. Goldring to 

 furnish information concerning the Association to those who may 

 apply to him in London, and has appointed him as the representative 

 of the Association in London. 



The vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Henry de Smidt 

 as Trustee has been filled by the appointment of Mr. W. T. Buissinne. 



Reports have been received from Mr. J. Burtt Davy, F.L.S., 

 F.R.G.S., that he is making satisfactory progress with the "An- 

 notated Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Known to 



