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2. Tliat tlie Goveninieiit of the Union of Sontl: Africa should co- 

 operate with the Home Government and those of the other self-governing 

 Dominions with regard to the decimalisation of coinage. 



3. That in view of the consideralile advantages to be gained by a 

 fuller use of daylight, the Government be requested to take into con- 

 sideration the desirability of advancing the time of the Union one hour 

 for six months of the year, from Septeml)er 30 till March 31st. 



4. That copies of these resolutions be sent to His Excellency the 

 Governor-General, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Mines, and the 

 Industries Advisory Board, the High Commissioner for South Africa 

 (London), the British Colonial Secretary, the Decimal Association. 

 London, and the South .\frican Standards Committee. 



5. That in order to make the metric system and it-- advantages more 

 generally kniwn in South .\frica, tiic following steps be taken : — 



( a ) That popular lectures i)e given in the larger towns, explaining 

 the system and enumerating its advantages ; at which lectures 

 local members of Parliament be asked to preside. 



(h) That Municipalities be circularised and asked to purchase 

 complete sets of commercial metric weights and measures. 



((■) That a booklet, specially written for South .African use. be 

 ])repared for free circulation or at a nominal ligure. 



Resolutions (i), (2) and (3) were subsequently referred by 

 the delegates to their respective Societies and Public Bodies, with 

 the resuh that resolutions (i) and (2) were unanimously con- 

 firmed, while there were only two dissentients to resolution No. 

 (3). The resolutions have accordingly been sent to those men- 

 tioned in resolution No. (4). 



12. Affiliation to British Association : Your Council 

 applied to the British Association for the Advancement <if Science 

 last August for admission to the privileges of an " Affiliated 

 Corresponding Society," in terms of Chapter XL, Section I., of 

 the British Association's Constitution. Your Council has not yet 

 received any reply. 



13. Affiliation of Kindrrd Societies: In pursuance of 

 the principle approved at the Annual (jeneral Meeting held in 

 Maritzburg last year, your Council has considered the conditions 

 under which other Scientific and Kindred Societies should be 

 allowed to affiliate with this Association. The terms of affilia- 

 tion have been drafted and submitted to the various Societies 

 which had approached the Association with a view to affiliation. 



14. Time of Year for Holding Annual Session : The 

 advisability of altering the time of year at which the Annual Ses- 

 sions of the Association are held was discussed at the last Annual 

 General Meeting, and referred to the CQuncil for cx)nsideration. 

 Your Council has considered it desirable to continue holding the 

 Annual Session during July as heretofore. 



15. Printing of P.\pers Prior to Session : Your Council 

 has also, in accordance with instructions from the last Annual 

 General Meeting, considered the practicability of having the 

 papers notified for reading at the Annual Sessions, or resumes 

 of those papers, printed in advance, but has not adopted any 

 resolution, as it was found difficult to arrive at any ])ractical 

 conclusion. 



