XVI REPORT OF COUNCIL. 



with the previous recommendation, and the administration of 

 the Association, the present headquarters be the single 

 administrative centre. In the event of Cape Town being 

 unable to carry out these duties the centre be transferred to 

 Johannesburg until after the next Annual General Meeting. 



(4) That a Council meeting be held at least once a month, 

 and that at least fourteen days before such a meeting the 

 agenda be circulated to each member of the Council who may 

 record his vote on each item in writing or by telegraph ; but 

 the actual members of the Council present at the meeting may 

 decide to have a re-vote upon any particular resolution. Any 

 member of the Council recording his vote in writing or by 

 telegraph as above suggested shall be considered for the pur- 

 poses of forming a quorum as present at the discussion upon 

 which his vote is recorded. 



(5) That within seven days of each Council meeting, the 

 minutes be circulated to all members of Council ; that the 

 voting on each division be shown thereon, with the names of 

 the voters. 



4. Grants for Research. — The state of the funds of the 

 Association did not allow of any apphcations for grants being 

 considered. An interim report on the grant made to Dr. A. W. 

 Roberts has been received, and it is anticipated that further reports 

 will come to hand on the work done by Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist and 

 Mr. J. Stuart Thomson in connection with the grants made to them. 



5. South Africa Medal Fund. — The Medal Committee has 

 recommended that the second award of the South Africa Medal and 

 a grant of £50 should be made to Dr. Harry Bolus, F.L.S., which 

 recommendation has been adopted by the Council. The grounds 

 on which the award is made will be voiced by the President in 

 making the presentation. 



The Fund, which amounts to £1,376, is at present invested in a 

 Cape Treasury Bill, and continues to draw interest at the rate of 

 4 per cent, per annum. 



You will be asked at this meeting to elect four representatives 

 on the Medal Committee, who will hold office until 1912. The four 

 members retiring this year as drawn by lot are Dr. J. D. F. Gil- 

 christ, Dr. J. Hyslop, Mr. R. T. A. Innes and Mr. A, M. A. Struben. 

 It is a recommendation from the Council that only those who are 

 likely to be available to record their votes should be elected to this 

 Committee in future, as considerable difficulty was experienced 

 this year owing to the absence of some of the m.embers. 



6. Lectures. — ^Two series of Lectures have been arianged 

 during the past session. 



Under the auspices of the Association, the South African Lectures 

 for 1909 were delivered by Mr. J. Arthur Thomson, Regius Professor 

 of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. In view of the 

 Darwin Centenary, Professor Thomson chose for his subject 

 " Darwinism and Human Life." In a series of six lectures he dealt 

 with " What we owe to Darwin," " The Web of Life," " The 

 Struggle for Existence," " The Raw Materials of Evolution," 

 " Facts of Inheritance," " Selection, Organic and Social." These 



