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each year, shows the various i'rovinces froirt which memhers 



are drawn : — 



1918. 1919 



Cape Province 215 ... 281 



Transvaal 39° • • • 4io 



Orange Free State 41 • • • 39 



Basutoland i . • • i 



Natal 82 ... 82 



Rhodesia 19 • • • ^7 



Mozambique 9 • • • 9 



South-West Africa Protectorate i ... i 



Abroad 14 • • • 21 



Unknown 2 ... 2 



774 863 



The number on the roll of Life Members at present is 84, 

 three having died and three having been added. 



3. Report of the Stellenboscii Meeting, 1917: The 

 fourteenth Annual Volume of the Transactions of the Associa- 

 tion, comprising the proceedings at the Stellenbosch Session in 

 1917. has been completed in twelve monthly issues. These have 

 been bound uniformly witli the preceding twelve volumes, 

 forming a volume of 645 pages. It contains 64 papers printed in 

 full. 9 in abstract, and 24 by title only. 



4. Report of the Johannesburg Meeting, 1918: The 

 current volume is nearing completion, two more issues remaining 

 to 'be published. 



5. Assistant General Secretary: Mr. H. Tucker, after 

 seven years' service as Assistant General Secretary, felt con- 

 strained, for reasons of health, tO' tender his resignation, which 

 was accepted with regret. General appreciation of his services 

 was expressed, and a sum of 25 guineas was presented to him 

 on the expirv of his term of office. He has been succeeded in 

 the office by Mr. J. W. Stark. 



6. Affiliation to British Association : Xo reply has 

 yet been received from the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science in connection with the application for admission 

 to the privileges of an " Affiliated Corresponding Society," in 

 terms of Chapter XL, Section I, of the British Association's 

 Constitution. It will be recollected that allusion was made to 

 this matter in the report submitted at the Stellenbosch Meeting 

 two years ago. 



7. Donations : The thanks of the Association are due to 

 the Rand Mining Houses for the generous contribution of £125 

 to the Association's publication expenditure, and to Capetown 

 firms and individuals for a similar contribution of £215 5s.; like- 

 wise to the Hon. the Minister of Mines and Industries for a 

 grant of £150 towards the same object, and £50 in aid of mem- 

 bers' travelling expenses. 



