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the active position in the Society which you so ably held up to 

 about a year ago. I hope you will, when looking at the medal, 

 think of our gratitude for the vast amount of work you have 

 done for the Society during the first three years of its existence 

 and I hope you will also reflect on the friendly feelings of the 

 one who was its President during two years of that period. With- 

 out your support and active work we would have been helpless. 



At the same time, however, I beg to remind you that this 

 award was made only in recognition of the scientific work 

 done by you in S. Africa, and as an entomologist, it gives me 

 great pleasure indeed that this award was made to you, as this 

 honour reflects on us as well who are your fellow-workers. 



At the time when you started your entomological career most 

 people looked upon an entomologist as a sort of crank, who, 

 though of a harmless nature, was certainly not a scientist in the 

 true sense of the word. His study was a hobby, fascinating 

 perhaps, but hardly scientific. It is true, that even then the 

 general public regarded the economic entomologist as a worker 

 of some importance, but he was looked upon as several ranks 

 lower than the botanist. How this state of affairs for instance 

 is changed is proved by the fact that this third award follows 

 immediately upon one made to a botanist. 



The Medal Committee has sent us the following report, show- 

 ing the grounds on which they reconmiended the award of the 

 third medal '* On the unanimous recommendation of the Medal 

 Committee of the S.A.B.S, the Capt. Scott Senior Medal has 

 been awarded to Mr. Claude Fuller, of the Division of Entomo- 

 logy, more especially for his researches on S. African Termitidae. 

 A brief outline of the wide scope of his work is here indicated." 



Mr. Fuller's investigations in economic entomology are well 

 knovm from his numerous publications in the official Reports of 

 the Departments of Agriculture, not only in the Union, Cape 

 Colony and Natal, but also of New South Wales and Western 

 Australia. The contents of the seven Annual Reports (1899- 

 1910) issued by him when Government Entomologist of Natal 

 are of considerable interest, economic value and importance. In 



