124 SOUTH AFRICAX BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



interested in Biology in the abstract, and were never 

 expected to take any active part. On the other hand, 

 several of the members who have since joined are working 

 biologists and thus the loss is fully compensated. One 

 of our old members, Mr. D. Kehoe, ^I.R.C.V.S., has, un- 

 fortunately for the Society, left the country. To those 

 who knew the Transvaal Biological Society in its earlier 

 days, this loss will be fully appreciated, as Mr. Kehoe 

 took a lively interest in the Society, being President of 

 the Transvaal Biological Society in 1914 and of our 

 Pretoria branch in 11)17. We could rely on him for a 

 really good paper, and he usually took a prominent part 

 in the discussions. It is therefore with gre^t pleasure 

 that I announce the Council's decision to offer Mr. Kehoe 

 Honorary Membership of the Society. We hope he will 

 accept this as a small appreciation of his services to the 

 former Transvaal Biological Society, and the present 

 South African Biological Society. 



Thirty-eight members are in arrear with their 1918 sub- 

 scription^ but of these some have been away or are still 

 away on active service. Twenty-nine new members have 

 joined, eight of whom were formerly members of the 

 T.B.S. or the S.A.O.U. Our roll is now 100, a distinct 

 increase notwithstanding the resignations and the draw- 

 backs of the year under review. In addition several 

 names liave been mentioned as possible new members, and 

 it seems desirable that more efforts should be made to in- 

 crease the membership and so lead to the improvement 

 and enlargement of our publications. 



Publications. — On tlie whole I think that the publi- 

 cations have had a favourable reception. The Journal 

 issued in May, 1918, was very much delayed, but well 

 executed. The contents, however, were not as varied as 

 it is hoped they will be in future numbers. Generally 

 speaking, too few articles were submitted which were 

 within the financial possibilities of the Society, and it 

 was much to be regretted that a long and valuable paper 

 had to be returned throuc^h lack of funds to illustrate it. 



