574 Report S.A.A. Advancement of Science. 



June, 1905, and have paid subscriptions for the two years ended 

 30th June, 1906, have been presented with a copy. 



In connection with the visit of the British Association to South 

 Africa, a Committee of Members of the South African Association 

 was formed at Johannesburg for the purpose of publishing the 

 papers read before the British Association in Cape Town and 

 Johannesburg. The Committee received a guarantee from the 

 Transvaal Government to pay ^400 towards the cost of printing. 

 Copies of the majority of the papers contributed were obtained, and 

 under the editorship of Mr. H. T. Montague Bell, the matter has 

 been incorporated into four volumes, which are now in the press 

 in England. The volumes, which will prove of great interest to 

 scientific men in South Africa and elsewhere, are being published 

 at a subscription price of ^2 2s. per set. 



In commemoration of the visit of the British Association to 

 South Africa, a fund was raised under the initiation of the 

 President of the British Association, for the endowment of a Medal 

 and Scholarship or Studentship for South African Students. 



I. The Executive Committee of the Medal Fund have sub- 

 mitted the following recommendations to the subscribers in regard 

 to its award : — 



(i.) That the Fund, together wth a Die for the Medal be 

 offered to the President and Council of the British Asso- 

 ciation for transmission to South Africa, subject to the 

 conditions that follow : 



(a) That the Fund be devoted to the preparation of a 



Die for a Medal to be struck in Bronze, 2| inches 

 in diameter; and that the balance be invested and 

 the annual income held in trust. 



(b) That the Medal and income of the Fund be awarded 



by the South African Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science for acliievement and promise in 

 scientific research in South Africa. 



(ii.) That, as far as circumstances admit, the award be made 

 annually. 



II. The Council of the British Association has resolved to 

 add the balance (about ^800) of the Special South African Fund 

 to the South Africa Medal Fund. 



Your Council has unanimously resolved to accept with every 

 gratitude and high appreciation the offer made by the British 



