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4. Report ov Bulawayo Meeting, 1911. — This volume is 

 almost complete. Only one of the twelve monthly parts remains 

 to he issued. Upon binding the volume will be slightly larger 

 than the fifth volume. It will probably contain 36 papers 

 printed in extenso. In the report of the Cape Town Meeting 

 the papers printed in full numbered 53, and in the Bloemfontein 

 Keport of 1909 there were as many as 64. The 1908 Report 

 contained only 45 papers in extoisc, and the 1907 Report only 

 24(. While the number of papers thus printed has diminished 

 during the last three years, their average length has increased. 



5. South Africa Medal and Grant. — On the recom- 

 mendatlon of the South Africa Medal Committee, comprising 

 Prof. I. C. Leattie. D.Sc, F.R.S.E. (Chairman), Prof. L. 

 Crawford, M.A.. D.Sc. F.R.S.E.. Prof. P. D. Halm, M.A.. 

 Ph.D.. Mr. A. L. Hall, P.. A., F.G.S., Mr. S. S. Hough, M.A., 

 F.R.S.. Dr. C. F. Juritz, M.A.. F.I.C., Dr. T. Mnir, ALA., 

 F.R.S., Dr. L. Peringuev, F.E.S., F.Z.S., Dr. S. Schonland, M.A., 

 F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., Prof. G. . H. Stanley, A.R.S.M., F.I.C., 

 Dr. A. Theiler, C.M.G., and Prof. E. Warren, D.Sc, the fifth 

 award of the South Africa Medal, together with a grant of £50, 

 has been made to Dr. A. W. Roberts, F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E., of 

 Lovedale. Cape Province, in recognition of his astronomical 

 researches. 



6. Lectures. — The South African Lectures, which were 

 not held during 191 1. have not yet been resumed. 



7. Grants for Research. — Your Council has co-operated 

 with the Council of the Royal Society of South Africa in 

 organising a General Research Grant Committee, under the 

 auspices of which such funds as may in the future be devoted to 

 the furtherance of scientific research will lie administered by the 

 Council of the Royal Society. Active steps have already been 

 taken by the General Committee on which your Council had 

 appointed four of the Association's members as its representa- 

 tives, viz. : Prof. Gilchrist, Prof. Hahn, Dr. Juritz, and Mr. Reid. 



8. Goold- Adams Medals. — The second series of awards 

 was made in connection with the Senior Certificate and Matricu- 

 lation Examinations held towards the close of last calendar vear 

 by the University of the Cape of Good Hope. The following 

 were the successful candidates. 



Mathematics: William Hofmeyr Craib, Gill College 



High School, Somerset East. 

 Chemistry: Albert St. Clair Caporn, South African 



College High School, Cape Town. 

 Elementary Physical Science: Richard Lester Coltman. 



King Edward VII School. Johannesburg. 

 Botany: Christina Minet Leppan, Eunice High School, 



Bloemfontein. 

 Physics: \ 'ictor Ran. Gvmnasium High School, Lower 

 " Paarl. 



