STATEMENTS FROM (iKAXTEES. 



Prof. Beattie reports on 19th May, 1908, that no further observa- 

 tion work has been done, and that the work ah-eady reported upon will 

 be presented as a paper to this Association at Orahamstown. 



Mr. -J. Burtt-Davy repoits on 26th June, 1908, that the Annotated 

 Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns, known to occur in the 

 TransAaal, has been completed and is being written out for presenta- 

 tion to the members at the Grahamstown meeting. 



Dr. Roberts reports on •26t]i June, 1908, that his observations of 

 variable stars, taken during the past twenty yeais, are practically 

 completed, and, with the aid of the grant from this Association, have 

 been reduced. There remains an intro'luctory volume to be ^^'ritten. 

 The reductions meant toiling through some nine or ten million figures. 

 It is hoped that the printing will be taken in hand shortly. 



Mr. J. Stuart Thomson reports on 8th June, 1908, that his 

 researches on Alcyonarians have unfortunately been delayed owing to 

 his leaving South Africa. Tlie collection, which he is dealing Avith, 

 contains a number of species and several genera new to science. Their 

 anatomy will also be treated of, and a revision of previously recognised 

 genera will in some cases be necessary. Viviparity has been discovered 

 in a new genus. The report, which will be illustrated by a number of 

 plates, will be published shortly. 



Dr. J. T). Gilchrist reports on 28th June, 1908, with reference to 

 his investigation on South African fresh water fishes, that a great 

 deal of aflditional valuable material from \arious parts of South Africa 

 has been collected during last year and the working up of the collection 

 is being proceeded with by Mr. Boulenger and himself. 



