THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL 



OP 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Vol. II. SEPTEMBER, 1920 No. 2. 



Biological Society^ 



Pretoria. 



Minute from the Biological Society of South Africa to the 



Public Service Commission: prepared hy the Delegates 



appointed to represent it and passed hy the Council of 



the Society. 



Preamble. 



Since the membership of this Society includes repre- 

 sentatives of several branches of science, and also civil 

 servants in many grades of employment, the Society does 

 not wish to state a case for any single group of officers 

 but rather to consider the conditions of employment as 

 they may effect the whole body of scientific workers. 



The Need for a Special Division. 



It is felt that a special Technical, Professional, and 

 Scientific Division, should be constituted in the Civil 

 Service, consisting of an upper and a lower branch 

 separated by a fairly stringent examination barrier, 



