82 presidential address section c. 



Publications. 



It is desirable for several reasons {e.g., to show Parliament 

 value for the money expended) that the results of the survey 

 work should be published from time to time, as the material 

 becomes available, in the form of " Memoirs of the Botanical 

 Survey of South Africa," rather than as separate publications 

 scattered through the Annals, Transactions, Proceedings, etc., of 

 various museums and societies. If the work is done by museum 

 "staffs, publication shcnild be paid for out of survey funds, and 

 full credit be given to the institution which has done the work. 

 Uniformity of pubHcation should be observed as far as possible 

 throughout the series of memoirs ; this might cause a little ob- 

 jection on behalf of men of contributing institutions whose form 

 of publication differed from that of the majority, but no 

 reasonable person would be likely to object to such an 

 obviously desirable arrangement. 



Conclusions. 



I trust I have made clear to you not only the importance, 

 but also the practicability, of conducting a botanical survey of 

 South Africa, even under existing conditions. I am deeply im- 

 pressed with the necessity for such a survey, and in order to 

 set the ball rolling in the direction of a practical effort, I am 

 arranging to bring before the Scientific and Technical Committee 

 of the Department of Mines and Industries a proposal to call a 

 Botanical Conference on the lines suggested here. 



