SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL. XXIH 



The Council are paying a graceful compliment to a man who has 

 done so much for South Africa, and I feel it an honour to be the 

 medium through which the public recognition of those services 

 is expressed by the bestowal upon him of this the second medal 

 so kindly given to this country by the British Association, to whom 

 we owe a debt of gratitude for their generosity in anmxally providing 

 one. 



" No one regrets more than I do that Dr. Bolus is unable to 

 attend here personally. The Association received a telegram from 

 him to-day expressing his grateful appreciation of this valued marK 

 of honour, and stating that he regretted much that he could not 

 possibly attend this meeting to tender his heartfelt thanks 

 personally." 



His Excellency thereupon handed the medal and cheque to 

 Dr. Juritz, who, on behalf of Dr. Bolus, thanked His Excellency 

 for presenting and the Council for awarding the medal. He would 

 esteem it a great privilege to convey this distinction to so worthy 

 a recipient, and would not fail to express to Dr. Bolus the kind 

 sentiments to which His Excellency had given utterance and which 

 he felt sure Dr. Bolus would greatly appreciate. 



On the I2th October, at Cape Town, in the presence of members 

 of the Council of the Association and others, Mr. J. M. P. Muirhead 

 Vice-President, presiding, Dr. Juritz formally presented the medal, 

 and grant to Dr. Bolus, quoting the remarks made by Sir Hamilton 

 Goold- Adams when handing him the medal at Bloemfontein, and 

 expressing his sense of the honour he felt at having been privileged 

 to represent Dr. Bohis there. 



Dr. Bolus bri'^fly expressed his thanks. 



AWARD FOR 1910. 



Notice is hereby given that nominations for the recipient of the 

 award for igio will be received by the Assistant General Secretary 

 of the Association, P.O. Box 1497, Cape Town, up to and including 

 31st January, 1910. 



RULES FOR THE AWARD. 

 /. — Constitution of Committee. 



{a) The Council of the South African Association for the Advancement of 

 Science shall, annually and within three months after the close of the Annual 

 Session, elect a Committee to be called " the South Africa ]\Iedal Committee " 

 on which, as far as possible, every Section of the Association and each Colony 

 of South Africa shall have fair representation. 



(b) This Committee shall consist of a Chairman and not less than seven 

 members, elected from amongst Council Members ; and shall have power to 

 add to its number additional members, not exceeding one-third of the original 

 selected from members of the Association who are not on its Council. 



(c) One-third of the members of this Committee shall retire annually by 

 rotation, but shall be eligible for re-election. 



II. — Duties. 



(a) The duties of the Committee shall be to administer the Income of the 

 Fund and to award the Medal, raised in commemoration of the visit of the 

 British Association to South Africa in 1905, in accordance with the resolution 

 of its Council. 



