THE 



SOUTH AFEICAN JOUENAL 



OF 



NATURAL HTSTOEY. 



Vol. II. MARCH, 1920 No. 1. 



KEPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1919. 



Since the reading of the last report about 10 months 

 have passed by, and, althongh the Society has steadily 

 gone ahead, it is felt that we have not made the progress 

 which was anticipated when once the war was over. 



On the other hand, we have more confidence in the 

 future and can now see our way clear to begin the new 

 year with even better prospects than was possible last 

 year. 



It has been most unfortunate for the Society that our 

 elected Hon. Secretary, Mr. Claude Fuller, was pre- 

 vented through absence and illness, to give as much 

 attention and energy to the Society as he had given the 

 year before, and it is much to be regretted, that he has 

 been obliged to resign from his office before the year was 

 completed. The Society owes a great deal to his energetic 

 work and we herewith take the opportunity of tljanking 

 him most sincerely for the work he has done, nnd we 

 hope that he will soon again be in the position to 

 support us in the various ways he can do so ably. 



We are, however, glad to announce that Dr. Phillips 

 has been kind enough to take over the Secretaryship at 



