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TWELFTH AWARD OF THE SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 



AND GRANT. 



(Fund raised by Members of the British Association in com-- 

 memorai'ion of their visit to South Africa in 1905.) 



After the conclusion of the Presidential Address in the 

 Dale College Hall, Kingwilliamstown, on Monday, July 7, 191 9, 

 the President, Rev. Dr. W. Flint, handed the South Africa Medal, 

 together with a grant of £56, to Dr. James Moir, M.A., D.Sc, 

 F.LC, Government Mining Chemist. In making this presenta- 

 tion the President said : — 



Dr. Moir was educated at Aberdeen University, and took 

 his B.Sc. degree in 1895 wnth special distinction in Chemistry. 

 In 1897 he obtained M.A. and B.Sc. of the University simul- 

 taneously with 1st Class Honours in Chemistry, Mathematics, 

 and Natural Philosophy. 



From 1897 to 1900 he did research work in Organic Chemis- 

 Liy at Aberdeen, and gained the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship. He 

 continued research in London at the City and Guilds Central 

 Technical College from 1900 to 1902. 



In 1902 he gained the D.Sc. degree of Aberdeen, dividing 

 with Mr. (now Professor) Findlay the prize for the most dis- 

 tinguished graduate of the year. In the same year he came to 

 South Africa, and two years later became Chemist to the Trans- 

 vaal Mines Department. 



Since Union he has occupied the post of Government Mining 

 Chemist. 



The following is a list of Dr. Moir's published papers : — 



T. " Constitution of Amarine and allied iminazcle compounds." 



2. " Pyridine derivatives from condensation of acetonitrile." 1900-1904 



3. '■ Di-indigotine, the diphenyl-analogue of indigo." 



4. " Miners' Phthisis investigations." (Transvaal Government Blue- 



bqok), 1903. 



5. " Colorimetric estimation of gold in cyanide solution." Jonrn. Cheiii., 



Metall. & Mining Soc. of S. Africa (1903). 



6. "The Cyanide process from the standpoint of modern Chemistry." 



Report S.A. Assoc, for Adv. of Science (1904). 



7. " The states of combination of zinc in working cyanide solutions." 



Journ. Chcni., Metall. & Mining Soc. of .?. Africa (1904). 



8. " Carbon monoxide and other gases of tobacco smoke." Journ. Chem., 



Metall. & Mining Soc. of S. Africa (1904). 



9. "Rusting corrosion of steel and galvanising." (Two notes.) Journ. 



Mcch. Engineers of .S. Africa (1904-5). 



10. " Solubility of zinc hydrate in caustic soda." Rept. Brit. Assoc, for 



Adv. of Science (1905). 



11. "Vitiation of Transvaal I\Iine Air." Journ. Chem., Metall. & Mining 



Soc. of S. Africa (1905). 



12. " Fumes from burnt explosives and physiological action of nitrous 



acid." Journ. Chem., Metall. & Mining Soc. of S. Africa (1906). 



13. " Thiocarbamide — a new solvent for gold." Journ. Chem. Soc. and 



Journ. Chem. Metall. & Mining Soc. of S. Africa (1906). 



14. "Constitution of Cerulignone." Proc. Chem. Soc. (1906). 



15. "New derivatives of diphenol." Journ. Chem. Soc. (1906). 



