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We regret to say, however, that the delay of the pre- 

 sent number is not entirely due to circumstances outside 

 the Society. The Editorial Committee had some difficulty 

 in getting together sufficient material of a varied 

 character and suitable nature, and at the same time with- 

 in the financial possibilities of the Society. Even the 

 present number is not as varied as we could wish it to 

 be, so that each member may find something of interest, 

 and the next number, now in hand, and which we hope 

 to be out by April is practically all the material we have 

 on hand for publication. 



We therefore sincerely hope that now that the print- 

 ing difficulties are practically at an end, members will 

 send jn their articles, so that it will not be necessary for 

 some of the Council members to write special articles in 

 order to give the Members a '* JOURNAL " I Yet, that is 

 what would hap])en should M.S. not come forward more 

 i-egularly. 



In connection with Publications, I may draw^ the 

 attention of members to the fact, that we have now all the 

 old stock of the S.A.O.U. Journal and that there are 

 still complete sets available, so that members who wish 

 to have their Journal complete, should not wait too long 

 in ordering one. 



A glance at the balance sheet will show, that there is 

 still a fair amount of money on hand, though not less 

 than £104 are outstanding; it should, however, be remem- 

 bered that most of this is earmarked to defray the cost of 

 printing of the present number. It is therefore hoped 

 that members will readily respond to the reminders 

 which in future will bo sent out regularly. 



The 191Ji award of the Capt. Scott memorial Medal: — 

 As will be seen in this number of the Journal, (fuller 

 particulars appear later), the Senior medal was this 

 year awarded to Dr. I. B. Pole Evans at a special meet- 

 ing on the 15th of May. Several visitors were present 

 on the occasion and this will no doubt have made the 

 Society wider known. 



