THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Vol. I. MAY, 1918. No. 1. 



TJie Captain Scott Memorial Medal, 



(Plate I.) 



When it became known that ('aptain Scott and several 

 members of his Expedition had perished in their effort to 

 reach the South Pole, funds were collected thronohout the 

 Empire towards the relief of the families dependent upon 

 the lost ex])lorers, and towards the erection of a memorial to 

 the leader of the party. 



Under the auspices of the Transvaal Biological Society a 

 little over £100 was contributed by residents of Pretoria. 

 But when the chairman of the General Fund, — the Lord 

 Mayor of London, — was advised of this money being on hand, 

 he informed the Society that the funds already collected 

 were quite sufficient and he suggested that the proposed 

 contribution should be utilized for the erection of some local 

 memorial to the explorer. 



Having obtained the permission of the various contributors 

 and after mature consideration, the Council of the Society 

 decided to devote the interest upon the capital fund to the 

 striking of two annual Memorial Medals — a Junior and a 



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