G6 JC'h/Jitlt Annual General Meeting. 



Secretary's Report. 

 Gentlemen, — 



The last Animal Moetino; was held in Cape Town 

 daring the Pageant week, antl although many jNIenihers o£ 

 the Union were in Town at the time, few took the trouble 

 to attend the Meeting, and it would, therefore, not seem 

 advisable to arranoe meetings to coincide with such aflfairs 

 for the future. 



For this reason we are holding the Meeting at the Head- 

 quarters of the Society this year, and if the 8. A. A. A. S. 

 holds its annual congress at a suitable centre next year, 

 a Meeting in conjunction with them again might be 

 considered. 



Members. — I regret to state that the past year has been 

 far from prosperous or successful, as will be seen from this 

 Report. We have lost three good Members by death: 

 E. TT. U. Draper, of the Govt. Labs., Johannesburg ; A. D. 

 Millar, of Durban (a Vice-President of our Union) ; and 

 Dr. Greathead, of Grahamstown. The former was, in spite 

 of ill-health, a valuable working Member. You know the 

 record of Alfred Millar, while Dr. Greathead's name is 

 known to some of you as a genial gentleman and keen 

 sportsman - naturalist. The details of these gentlemen's 

 deaths liave been notified to you in the Journal. Besides 

 these losses, three of our Members have resigned and two 

 of our hanl-working ^lembers — the brothers Taylor — have 

 left South Africa, so that we can look to them in vain for a 

 continuation of their interesting j)apers. Our loss is another's 

 gain, and we li(i|ie that Mr. Lioncd Taylor wiM do as good 

 work in Pritish ('oluml)ia as he has done here — he carries 

 with him the good wishes of the S. A. (). U. 



The following new Members arc* nominated for election : — 

 M. L. Gunning, proposer Dr. J, W. B. Gunning, seconihu- 

 A. Haaonkh ; C. E. Gydk, proposer P. (\ H. Laxgf()Ki>, 

 seconder A. Haagner; Ivan Ayres, to be re-elected (election 

 postdated 1911). 



