l'l-Bl.l('ATI()X COMMITTEE. 



8. 8cn«)NLA\i) {Chairman and Editor). 

 A. 0<;<i. E. H. L. Sciiwarz. 



0. W. Mally. E. G. Ga\e. 



A. Stanley Kidd. W. Hammond Tooke. 



(ONTEXrS. 



i'A<;k 

 Report, 1908 — 



Officers and Council, 1908-9 ... ... ... viii 



Minutes of Sixth Annual Genercil Meeting ... ... xi 



Report of the Council to 30th June, 1908 ... ... xiii 



Report of the Ti-easurer to 30th June, 1908 ... ... xvii 



Revenue Account and Balance-Sheet ... ... xviii 



Statements from Grantees... ... ... -•• xx 



Officers of Sectional Committees, Grahamstown . . . xxi 



Report of Anthi-opological Standing Committee ... xxv 

 Award of South African ]Medal and Fund to Dr. Arnold 



Theiler, C.M.G. ... ... ... ... x xviii 



President's Address, Iw H. E. Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, 



G.C.M.G., LL.D. ... ... ... ... 1 



SECTION A. 



1. Presidential Address, by Alexandei- W. Rolierts, D.Sc, 



F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E. ... ... ... .. 19 



•J. Note on the Increasing Period of certain Close Binary Stars, 



by .\le.xander NV. Roberts, D.Sc, F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E. ... 31 



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