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30tli June, was 767, showing a loss of 281 since the last Annual General 

 Meeting. 



4. Grautx for Research. — The following rept)i-t is submitted with 

 regard to the grants in aid of scientific research : — 



{a) Dui'ing 1906 a grant of £100 was made to Dr. J. C. Beattie 

 to Jtid him in his work on the magnetic survey of South 

 Africa ; the British Association also made a giant for this 

 purpose. The Council regret that owing to the great fall- 

 ing off in revenue, they were unable to authorise the com- 

 pletion of the grant, and they have to thank ])r. Beattie for 

 generously waiving his claim to the balance of £10, 17s. -^d. 

 Dr. Beattie has submitted a report on the results of a 

 Magnetic Survey of Clanwilliam, Van Bynsdorp and Cal- 

 vinia Districts, which, with the table of results, will be 

 printed in the repoit of this meeting. 



(l)) In Julv, 1904, a grant was made to Mr. J. Burtt-Davy to aid 

 him in the preparation of an ainiotated catalogue of the 

 flowering plants and ferns known to occur in the Transvaal. 

 The Council regret that owing to lack <if funds it was unable 

 to accede to Mr. Burtt-Davy's application for a grant in aid 

 of £100 a year for three years to assist him in having the 

 South African botanical specimens in the Kew Herbarium 

 worked up. 



{<■) In 1905 Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist was granted a sum <.f £100, 

 with the promise of a further sum of £50 during 1906, to 

 aid in the investigation of the fresh water fishes of South 

 Africa, including those of the Zambesi. The zoological 

 section of the British Association also made a grant for the 

 purposes of this research. Owing to financial reasons the 

 Council regrets it was unable to fulfil the proinise made to 

 Dr. Gilchrist of a further £50, and it has to thank him for 

 ha\ing generously relin<iuished his claim on the funds of the 

 Association. 



(o?) A grant of £100 \wis made to Dr. A. W. Boberts in December, 

 1905, to aid him in liis research on variable stars. Dr. 

 Boberts repoi'ts that the work of twenty years is now com- 

 pleter! and awaits publication. 



(f) Tn December, 1906, a grant was made to ^Iv. J. Stuart- 

 Thomson to aid him in a research of South African Alcyon- 

 aria. Owing to Mr. Thomson's departure for Switzerland, 

 the report has been delayed, but is now being prepared 

 under the direction of Piofessor Studcr of the Uiiiversity 

 of Jierne. 



{J) At the Kinibeiley meeting, held in 1906, Professoi- .1. M 

 Duerden was voted a grant of £45 to nid him \n his in- 

 vestigations on tortoises. The Council regrets that for 

 financial reasons it has been unable t<i authorise payment of 

 this grant. -V preliminary report has been received frou> 

 Prof. Dueiflen on his work. 



