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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 

 30TH June, 1912. 



1. No change having been made in the date on which the 

 Association's year begins, the difficulty referred to in the opening 

 paragraph of the last Annual Report continues. It is the 

 expressed wish of members that this Report should be placed 

 before them at the very commencement of the Association's 

 Annual Session, but this is obviously inconvenient when the 

 Session begins on the day after the close of the financial year. 

 Any report covering the latter period must, previous to sub- 

 mission to members, receive the approval of Council, and the 



v ssociation's books must accordingly be closed, under the circum- 

 stances above mentioned, some weeks before the termination of 

 the Association's year. It is therefore suggested that the 

 Association's financial year should close on the 31st of May 

 instead of on the 30th of June. 



2. Membership. — The number of members on the Associa- 

 tion's records is somewhat smaller than it was twelve months ago. 

 The following table shows the nett changes that have taken place 

 in this respect ; it comprises the membership as it now stands 

 compared with that of last year: — 



1911. 1912. 



Transvaal 276 263 



Cape Province 253 230 



( 'range Free State 53 43 



. Natal 36 31 



Rhodesia 34 38 



Basutoland 12 11 



Mozambique 7 8 



Swaziland I 1 



German South-West Africa .... 1 1 



Resident Abroad 27 24 



Residence unknown 19 2 3 



Total 719 673 



The names of 71 members have been removed from the list 

 in the intervening year, owing to death, resignation or failure to 

 pay subscriptions. On the other hand, 32 new members have 

 joined the Association. The number of life members on the 

 roll is now 31, two life members, Messrs. A. H. Flartley and 

 H. F. Strange, having died since last report. 



3. Report of Cape Town Meeting, 1910. — The seventh 

 Annual Volume of the Association's proceedings has been com- 

 pleted and bound. It comprises 481 pages, and is therefore 

 intermediate in size between volumes 5 and 6. 



