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scripts, and this obviously cannot be continued. The authors in one Section 

 especially gave trouble. Illustrations should also be carefully considered 

 as to their suitability for reproduction, for the Editor has himself had to 

 re-draw numerous authors' sketches at various times. Although the 

 necessity for the frankness of these statements is regretted, yet it is hoped 

 and believed that authors will understand the difficulties in these days of 

 expensive publication, and will do their utmost to reduce the said difficulties 

 to a minimum. 



4. The Library : It gives great pleasure to the Hon. Librarian (o 

 be able to report that the Council has made two grants of £50 each for 

 the purpose of binding books. One of the grants has already been expended 

 and just over one hundred volumes containing many maps, plates and 

 diagrams, have l)een bound. The binding rendered possilile by the second 

 grant is now being undertaken. Some five hundred further volumes still 

 need binding, and the animal increase in the Lil)rary is over one hundred 

 volumes, obtained chiefly by exchange. 



A few new exchanges have been arranged, and a number of missing 

 parts of volumes have been replaced, for which the thanks of the Association 

 have been tendered. ' 



5. Donations : The thanks of the Association are due to the Hon. 

 the Minister of Education for the renewal of the grant of £250 towards 

 the expenses of the publication of the Journal. 



Special thanks are also due to the Durban Local Committee and citizens 

 for donations amounting to £625. As a result of the excellent organisation 

 of the 1921 Annual Session, the Association received great financial 

 assistance at a time when it was most required. 



6. South Africa Medal and Grant, 1922 : On the recommendation 

 of the South Africa Medal Committee, consisting of Prof. J. Orr 

 (Chairman), Sir J. C. Beattie, Prof. J. Bews, Prof. L. Crawford. Prof. 

 J. E. Duerden, Prof. H. B. Fantham. Dr. B. de St. J. van der Riet, 

 Dr. A. W. Rogers, Sir A. Theiler, Dr. E. Warren, Dr. W. Watkins- 

 Pitchford, and Prof. J. A. Wilkinson, your Council has awarded the South 

 Africa Medal, together with a grant of £50 7s. lOd. to Dr. Illtyd Buller 

 Pole Evans, C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S., Chief of the Division o"f Botany, 

 Union Department of Agriculture (See p. xxxip). The Secretary of the 

 British Association has been notified of the award. 



7. Associated Scientific and Technical Societies of Sottth- Africa : 

 The relationship of your Association to the Associated Scientific and 

 Technical Societies of South Africa has now been placed on a clear footing. 

 On account of the fact that the membership of your Association is spread 

 throughout South Africa, it was found practically impossible for your 

 Association, as a whole, to exist as a Constituent Society of the Associated 

 Scientific and Technical Societies of South Africa. It was accordingly 

 suggested that the Witwatersrand Local Centre of your Association should 

 become a Constituent Society. This suggestion was accepted by your 

 Council and following this a general meeting of the Witwatersrand ineml^ers 

 of your Association was held on February 6. 1922. At this meeting the 

 following resolutions were carried unanimously : — 



" That the Witwatersrand Local Centre of the South African Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science become a Constituent Society 

 of the Associated Scientific and Technical Societies of South Africa." 

 and 



" That the memliers of the Witwatersrand Local Centre agree to the 

 assessment of one guinea per member per annum made by the 

 Controlling Executive of the Associated Scientific and Technical 

 Societies of South Africa." 



The monthly Council meetings of the Association and general meetings 

 of the Witwatersrand Local Centre have been held throughout the year in 

 the building of the Associated Societies. 



