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Poudoluiul, the Traiiskei, aiul Eastern Cape witli ^b>. Safsaf in 

 Kliodesia. Altliongli the Orange lliver is now isolated from 

 Angola by the wastes of the Kalaliari, it is possible that these 

 three sj)ecies, or a common ancestor, came down from the north 

 during the time when the Ciinene discharged into the Orange 

 lliver by way of tiie Molopo. A form of S. Safsaf, called 

 S. huiJleiisis, Seemen, is found on tributaries of the Cunene Kiver. 

 A discussion followed, in which the President, Dr. liendle, and 

 Mr. E. G. Jiaker took part, the author replying. 



The last paper was by Mr. iMiiiLEa Cnuisxy, " The Problem of 

 the Pollination of our British Primulas." 



A discussion by J)r. D. H. Scott, Mr. C. C. Lacaita, Mr. T. A. 

 Dymes, Mr. J. Burtt-Davy, and Mr. H. li. Darlington followed, 

 and the author replied. 



December loth, 1921. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 1st December, 1921, 

 were read and confiruied. 



The report of the Donations received since the last Meeting was 

 laid before the Fellows, and the thanks of the Society to the 

 several Donors were ordered. 



A epecial vote of thanks was passed to Dr. W. Eushton 

 Paukee, F.L.S., for his gift of the * Encyclopaedia Britannica,' 

 llth edition. 



A certificate in favour of Mrs. Alice Sophia Bacon, B.Sc. (Lond.), 

 was read for the second time. 



The following were proposed as Fellows: — Miss Edith Philip 

 Smith, B.A.(Oxon.), and Miss Elaine Mary Eees, B.Sc. (Lond.). 



The President read for a second time the proposed change in 

 the Bye-Laws, Ch. I. § 1, enlarging the number from 710 to 800 

 Fellows. 



It was also announced from the Chair that Ballots would be 

 taken for Fellows on the 19th January aud 2nd February, 1922. 



The first communication was by Capt. F. A. Potts, M.A., on 

 the work of the Carnegie Institution in the Marine Biology of 

 Samoa. Photographs of the Island of Tutuila, with its wooded 

 cliffs and enveloping coral-reefs, were shown, and descriptions 

 given of the fish fauna, with illustrations taken under water by 

 officials of the Institution. 



The discussion was opened by the President, followed by 

 Dr. G. P. Bidder and Prof. E, S. Goodrich, F.E.S., Sec.L.S., the 

 author replying. 



