rON TENTS. 



PAGH. 



Officers A N'ri Coi'NciL ... ... ... ... ... i 



f'oNSTlTUTIOX OF THE ASSOCIATION ... ... ... ... ii 



Tables : Past Annual Meetings : — 



l"'laccs and Dates, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Local Secre- 

 taries ... ... ... ... ... ... xii 



Sectional Presidents and Secretaries ... ... ... xiv 



Evenin.u Discourses ... ... ... ... ... xvii 



MARITZBURG MEETING, 1916:— 



(jeneral Meetings ... ... . . ... ... xviii 



Officers of Local and Sectional Committees ... ... xix 



Proceedings of Fourteenth Annual General Aleeting of Members xxi 



Report of Council, 1015-16 ... ... ... ... xxvi 



General Treasurer's Account, 1915-16 ... ... ... xxix 



Ninth Award of the South Africa Medal {I'latc i) xxxii 



Associ.\TioN Library ... ... ... ... ... xxxvi 



ArURESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIAIIOX : Prof. L. CrAWFORD, 



M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.E. ... ... ... ... i 



.Vddress by THE President of Section A: Prof. 1. Ork. 15. Sc. 



M.LC.E 18 



Address by the President of Section B : Prof. J. A. Wilkinson. 



M.A., F.C.S 79 



Address by the President of Sectio.n C: I. R. Pole Evans, M..\., 



BSc. F.L.S 97 



Address by the President of Section D: M. S. Evans, C.M.G., 



F.Z.S 117 



List of Papkrs Read at the Sectional Meetings 129 



The relation of production to consumption : P. J. du Toit 132 



Daylight Saving 139 



Fischer's synthesis of depsides and tanning substances : Prof. J. A. 



Wilkinson. ^LA., F.C.S 140 



Decimalization i)f weights, measures, and coinage 148 



Daylight saving: R T. A. Innes. F.R.A.S.. F.R.S.E 149 



On a unique occurrence of molvbdenum in Natal : .A. L. \)V Toit. 



B. A, D.Sc, P.O. S " 153 



Meteoric stones 156 



Paper money and the gold exchange standard at the Cape : Prof. R. 



Leslie, M. A . F S.S 157 



.Ammoniacal Superphosphate 166 



Experiments with the sugar-beet in South .Africa: C. F. Juritz. 



:\I.A., D.Sc, F.LC 167 



Forest progress in the Drakensberg : J. S. ITknkkl (xvith tzca text 



figures) 179 



Scientific research in South .A^frica 186 



Cotton: W. H. Scherffus, M.S 187 



Prehensile toes in humans 190 



On the selection and breeding of desirable strains of beneficial 



insects : C. W. Mally, IM.Sc, F.E.S.. F.L.S 191 



Note on the occurrence of trapdoor caterpillar^, at .\licedale: F. 



Cruden. ( Plate 2) 196 



.\ class of alternants wit'n trigonometrical elements: Sir T. Muir. 



LL.D., F.R.S 197 



Fossil man in Florida 200 



Some factors influencing the solubility of phosphoric oxide in mixed 



fertilizers containing superphosphates: E. V. Fl.vck ... ... .. 20 1 



The wheat soils of the Alexandria Division, Cape Province : C F. 



JvRiTZ-, M.A.. D.Sc. F.LC. (ivith map) 2n 



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