10 South African Biological Society 



An Exhibit of some neJV South African Microlepidoptera by 



A. J. T. Janse. 

 An Exhibition of the Amonites of Pondoland by Dr. E. C. van 



Hoepen. 

 Exhibition of Microscopic Slides^ forwarded by Dr. G. E 



Purvis, Grahamstown. 

 Veld Estimation: A. O. D. Mogg. 



CAPT. SCOTT: SENIOR MEDAL, 1920. 



Tlie Capt. Scott Senior Medal was presented at the July 

 meeting of the Pretoria Local Branch, by the President of the 

 Society Mr. A. J. .T. Janse, who spoke as follows:— 



Mr. Fuller, 



It is an exceedingly great honour and pleasure to 

 me to present the Capt. Scott Memorial Medal to you to-night. 

 In presenting this third medal I may begin by pointing out to 

 you and to the members of the S.A.B.S. that this is the first 

 time the medal is given under somewhat different conditions 

 from those under which the two previous awards were made 

 For the first time a Medal Committee has been appointed by 

 the Council so as to secure a still higher efficiency in the nomi- 

 nation, and as this Committee consisted of our most distinguished 

 scientists this method of election is in itself a token of the out- 

 standing merit of the recipient. 



A second alteration was that the Council reconmiended to 

 this Committee that the decision should be made on scientific 

 grounds only, omitting any recognition for work done for the 

 Society. By this means the Council rightly attempted to raise 

 the standard of the award, as made to a man of science. 



May I point out however, that if this clause had stood you 

 should have been the first to get the medal on such grounds 

 alone, for there are few of our members who have done for 

 the Society what you have done for it in the past and it is 

 greatly to be regretted that circumstances prevent you from taking 



