Report of the Council 



PRETORIA BRANCH. 



The interest taken in the Pretoria Branch by local members 



has been more encouraging this year, but there is still much 



room for improvement in this direction. 



As was arranged last year, four public lectures have been 



given. The first was given by Prof. H. B. Fanthan on 



** Darwin, Before and After ", the second by Mr H. E. Wood 



on *' The Distances of the Stars ", and the third by Dr. I. B. 



Pole-Evans on *' The Distribution of Plants in South Africa ". 



The fourth and last lecture was given in December, by Mr. 



A. J. T. Janse on the subject of '* The Moths of South Africa ". 

 These lectures have taken the place of the usual meeting in the 



month in which they were held — March, June, September and 



December. 



Ordinary meetings were held in January, April, July, August, 



and October. 



During May, the Director of Veterinary Research and his 



staff gave an "At Home " to members of the Society. 

 The following papers were read at ordinary meetings: — 



Transmission of Diseases b}^ Insects: G, A. H. Bedford. 



Trypanosomes: D. T. Mitchell. 



Notes on the Vegetation of South West Africa: Dr. I. B. Pole- 

 Evans. 



The Haustoria of the Genus Melioa: Dr. E. M. Doidge. 



An Exhibit of the Principal Cotton Pests of South Africa.: 

 G. C. Haines. 



On the Advisability of having ample Material for Entomological 

 Stud^: A. J. T. Janse. 



Snotziekte in Cattle: R. W. M. Mettam. 



The possibility of destroying Jackals bp any biological methods 

 based on the Life History of the Animal, introduced by 

 Sir A. Theiler. 



An account of the Veld Burning Experiments at Groenkloof 

 Illustrated by Lantern Slides. Dr. E, P. Phillips. 



