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NOTICES OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



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OF 



THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTION. 



September 15, 1830.— Dr. Smith having announced his ap- 

 proaching departure for the Frontier, requested that an acting 

 Secretary might be elected to supply his place. 



October 27. — Lieutenant-Colofael Wade was unanimously 

 elected a Member of the Institution. — There were laid on the 

 table the following works, by G. F. Jaearerj vir. : " Ichthy- 

 osauri sine Proteosauri," and his " Public Oration " ; presented 

 by Mr. Von Ludwig. Also, a Copy of the Observations with an 

 invariable Pendulum at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good 

 Hope; presented by the Rev. F. Fallows, Astronomer Royal ; 

 and a MS. ropy of the Annual Report of the Natural History 

 Society of* Mauritius, communicated by Mr. Telfair, President 

 of the Society. 



It was, according to a recommendation of the Council, 

 resolved — That all Ordinary Members of tho Natural History 

 Society of Mauritius, visiting this Colony, be entitled to the 

 privileges of Corresponding Members of the South African 

 Institution, while they are resident in Cape Town. 



There was read " Remarks on the Eastern Coast of Africa 

 from the Cape of Good Hope to Point Natal," by the late Mr. 

 King; in which the author described the precautions proper 

 lor sailing, anchoring, &c. on various parts of the coast ; and 

 narrated the circumstances attending his being ship-wrecked 

 at the mouth of Port Natal. — The Secretary pave an epitome of 

 a Paper, by Mr. Grisbrook, containing Remarks tending to 

 elucidate Horse-Sickness, which be had collected ; and recom- 

 mending that the circumstances attending that malady in this 

 Colony should be compared with those which he commented on. 



December 1. — The Honorable Captain Stockcnstrom was 

 elected a Member of the Institution. — There was read; The 

 Annual Report of the Natural History Society of Mauritius, of 



