l^KPoiM' OK Council. xv 



(</) A report lias Ik'CII Jeceivcd troin tlie AiitlM()j)<)luu;i(,'al StainiiiiLj 

 Committee, to which a i(rant ot' £10 iuul been voted in the 

 previous year, and paid duriiii,' the yt'**-!' under nn iew. The 

 re]>ort will be published in the report of this meeting. 



5. South African Mednl Fund. — In conmiemoration of the visit of 

 the British Association to South Africa in 190~), a fund was raised by 

 the British Association for the endowment of a medal and grant for 

 scientific research in South Africa. The medal and grant of £50 is 

 awarded t\)r the lirst time to Dr. Arnold Tlieiler, C.M.G., Bactei"io- 

 logist to the 'I'ransvaal Government. The trustees of the Medal Fund 

 report that .£0'), Os. lOd. has accrued as interest on the fund of £1376 

 during the twelve months ending the Gth March, 1908, and that this 

 has been drawn nnd reinvested in a Treasury Bill due Gth March, 

 1909, together with the principal. j£1376 of this bill will run until 

 the date named at 4 per cent, per annum, and the £5.">, Os. lOd. at 3.', 

 per cent, per annum until required in July, 1909. 



An addition to the rules for the administration of the me<lal and 

 fund, drafted by direction of the Council holding cilice during 1906-07, 

 has been made and is bi-ought befoi-e the members at this meeting for 

 their approval. 



6. Leriures. — Under the auspices of the Association several 

 lectures were given during the past year in the country districts of 

 the Trans\aal, and arrangements have l)een made for several more to 

 be given. Professor Walter Raleigh, of Oxford, flelivered a series of 

 lectures on English literature in various South African towns during 

 July and August last year, which were greatly appreciated. The 

 Johannesburg Committee, which, with the financial assistance of the 

 Witwatersrand Council of Education, inaugurated these lectures, has 

 made arrangements for a sei-ies of lectures on historical subjects to be 

 given by Prof. Fisher of Oxford, during the next two months. To the 

 members of this Committee and to Mr. J. F. Cadenhead, the Secretary, 

 the thanks of the Association are due. 



7. Stnudiiiii Conimittfes. — As previousl}' stated, the leport of the 

 Anthropological Connnittee is submitted herewith. 



The Education Standing Connnittee did not meet during the year. 



8. Local lirandies of the Axsoclafion. — The Pretoria branch has 

 submitted a report on a successful year's work. Lectures were given 

 by Mr. J. Burtt-J)a\ y and by Dr. Gough, and visits were mad(^ to the 

 Government Bacteriological Laboratory and the Government Experi- 

 mental Farm. Chief Otlicer Benington of the Pretoria Fire Brigade 

 also delivered a paper, on the " History of Five Pi-evention and Extinc- 

 tion," which was followed by a demonstration showing the uses of 

 modern fire a])p]iances. 



9. K.vchdiKif'.i. — The following learned societies have been placed 

 upon the Association Exchange of Publications list : — 



The University of Michigan. 



The Administration de I'EnseigncMnent Superieur des Sciences ^gfc_ 



des Lettres, Brussels. - ■'' ^A 



The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



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