XX RKPORT OF COl^NTCIT.. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 

 30Tn June, 191 i. 



1. Your Council, in submitting the following report on the 

 work of this zAssociation for the twelve months, July ist. 1910, 

 to June 30th, 191 1, ventures to draw attention to the difficulty of 

 preparing a report for submission within a week after the close 

 of the year covered thereby, and asks for indulgence owing to 

 the obvious impracticability of placing the present report hefore 

 members at the commencement of the present session 



2. The Late Dr. Bolus. — Your Council records with the 

 deepest regret the decease of Dr. H. Bolus, F.L.S., to wnom, at 

 the Bloemfontein meetmg of the Association two years ago. 

 the second award of the South Africa Medal was made. To 

 botanical science, and especially in connection with the South 

 African flora, Dr. Bolus had rendered great and lifelong service. 



3. Membership. — During the year now closed the mem- 

 bership of the Association has slightly increased. At the close 

 of the previous year there were 693 members on the Associa- 

 tion's books; since the 1st July, 1910, 69 new members have 

 been admitted ; on the other hand, 6 members have died, and 

 ^y have either resigned or were removed from the roll o'^ mem- 

 bership owing to other causes. The memibership at the close 

 of the year now under report was, therefore, 719, 31 of these 

 being life miembers. The provincial distribution of these mem- 

 bers was as follows : — 



Transvaal 276 



Cape Province 253 



Orange Free State 53 



Natal 36 



Rhodesia 34 



Basutoland 12 



Mozamhique 7 



Swaziland i 



German South-West Africa i 



Resident Abroad 27 



Residence Unknown 19 



Total . . 719 



4. Report of the Bloemfontein Meeting, 1909. — 

 Publication of the Association's sixth Annual Volume has now 

 been completed, and steps have been taken for binding the loose 

 parts on behalf of any members who may be so desirous The 

 voluine as complete comprises in all 535 pages. 



5. Report of Cape Town Meeting, 1910.— The printing 

 of the records of the last Annual Session is not yet complete, 

 having been considerably delayed by the Printers' Strike during 

 the last few months. Eight monthly parts have thus far been 

 issued, and it is hoped to complete the Seventh Annual \'olume 



