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Dr. M. A. Peres briefly acknowledged the vote, stating that it had 

 been not only au honour but also a pleasure to receive the Association. 



Vote of Thanks to the President. — Dr. Flint proposed that the 

 meeting accord its heartiest thanks to the President for the able and 

 efficient manner in which he had carried out his onerous duties during the 

 meeting. It liad been an honour to the Association and a great pleasure 

 to all the visiting members, and they felt that the great success of the 

 meeting was due to the President for his unfailing courtesy, ever willing 

 help, and his scholarly ability in the Chair. The vote was carried with 

 hearty acclamation. 



Dr. Rogers replied that he appreciated the kindness he had received 

 on all hands, and thanked the members for their vote and the hearty 

 manner in which they had passed it. 



The meeting then terminated. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 

 30th JUNE, 1922. 



1. Obituary : Your Council has to report, with great regret, the 

 deaths of the following members :— Mr. F. W. Bird. Mr. J. McCracken, 

 Mr. J. J. Dodt, Mr. Alexander Heymann, Dr. J. R. Leech, Dr. R. Milner 

 Smyth. 



2. Membership : Since the last Report 152 new members have joined 

 the Association ; 6 have died ; 43 have resigned ; and 76 have been removed 

 from the register by resolution of the Council. The net increase of 

 membership has therefore been 27. 



The following comparative table, as from the 1st July in last year, 

 sliows the geographical distribution of tlie membership : — 



893 920 



3. The Journal : The publication of Volume XVlI, coinprising the 

 papers read at Bulawayo, 1920, Meeting, was completed in July, 1921. 

 A double number (Parts 1 and 2) of the Journal, Volume XVIII, containing 

 presidential addresses and a selection of papers from each Section read 

 at the Durlian Meeting, was issued about the end of February, 1922. Page 

 proofs of tiie remaining papers have just been received, and a revised list of 

 members is also being printed. The delay, as well as the decision to issue a 

 double number, was due to the change of printers. This delay has also 

 partly resulted from the Editor being situated at such a great distance from 

 the printers. For these reasons it is desirable that the volume should be 

 printed under such conditions as would obviate these disadvantages. 



It is unfortunately necessary to draw the attention of authors of papers 

 to the notice on the inside of the cover of the Joiniinl that the letterpress 

 of manuscripts submitted for publication should be typewritten, and also 

 that they should be presented iti a state fit for publication. The typewritten 

 script needs to be carefully revised by the author himself before presenta- 

 tion for publication. A number of manuscripts submitted last year had 

 to he typed by the Editor from poorly-prepared, hand-written authors' 



