July, 1905.J 



KNOWLEDGE & SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



169 



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SIR C. 5C0TT=M0NCRIEFF, Q. C.S.I. 



Colonel Sin C. Scott-Moncrieff, late Bengal Engineers (medal Indian 

 Mutiny), is Presiflent of Section G, Engineering. He has been respectively 

 Under-Secretary, Public Works Office, Egypt, anil Under-Secretary for 

 Scotland. In the former capacity, he carried out important work in con- 

 nection with Nile barrage. Author of "Irrigation in Southern Europe.'" 



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DR. A..C. HADDON F.R.S. 



Dr. Alfred Cout Haddon, University Lecturer in Ethnology in the 

 University of Cembridte, foimeily ProfesEor cf Zcolcgy in the Royal College 

 of Science, Dublin, is President of Section H, Anthropology. In 1»5. he 

 went to Torres Strait to investigate. (he structure of the coral reefs, and the 

 fauna, and also studied the tthnogi-apby cf the Isltnders. 



Progracmme of the 

 Meeting. 



On Saturday, July 22, the Durham Castle and Kildonan Caxtlc 

 sail for South Africa, carrying, respectively, a complement of 

 loS and 45 members of the Association. On Saturday, July 29, 

 the Saxon sails with 139 members, who constitute the Official 

 party, and are the guests of the South African Colonies. 

 With earlier departures, the total number proceeding to the 

 meeting will fall little short of 400. 



CAPE TOWN. — The Saxon arrives at Cape Town (early 

 morning) on Tuesday, -August 15, and the work of the Asso- 

 ciation commences forthwith. A meeting of the Council will 

 t.ike place at noon, and the 11 Sectional Committees and the 

 General Committee will also foregather. 



The President's Address to the Association will be 

 delivered (in part) at the inaugural meeting to be held in the 

 evening. 



In this, Professor Darwin proposes to discuss the general 

 principles involved in theories of evolution, with special 

 reference to the world of inanimate matter. He will illustrate 

 the subject by means of various theories of the intimate 

 constitution of matter and of cosmical evolution. 



August If). — Presidential .Addresses to Section A, Mathe- 

 matics and Physics; Section D, Zoology; Section K, Geo- 

 graphy ; Section F, Economic Science and Statistics ; Sec- 

 tion H, Anthropology ; and Section L, Educational 

 Science. 



In the afternoon a garden party will be given by His Excellency 

 the Governor (Sir Walter F. Hely-Hutchinson) ; in the evening 

 there will be a reception by the Mayor of Cape Town. 



Aiii;iisl 17. — Sectional Meetings. 



In tlie evening Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., delivers a lecture 

 on ■■ W. J. Burchell's Discoveries in Soutli Africa." 



August IS. — Sectional Meetings. 



In the evening Mr. C. V. Boys, F.RS.. delivers a lecture on 

 " Some Surface Actions of Fluids." Following this a conver- 

 sazione will be given by the combined scientific societies of Cape 

 Town, at the South African Museum. 



In the afternoon, Sir David Gill, K.C.B., F.R S., will give a 

 reception at the Royal Observatory. 



The " Saxon " leaves for Durban [evening). 



Ausust 19. — Whole day excursions to, among other places of in- 

 terest : Table Mountain ; De Beers Explosive Works ; Hout Bay; 

 Admiralty Works, Simon's Town ; Marine Station, St. James's. 



The ''Durham Castle" leaves for Durban direct, arriving in 

 the forenoon of Tuesday, August 22. 



DURBAN.— .-I !/i;;(.s^ 22.— A lecture will be delivered in the 

 Town Hall in the evening by Mr. Douglas Fresbfield, F.K.G.S., 

 on " Mountains: the Highest Himalaya." 



In the afternoon a garden party at Sir Benjamin Greenacre's. 



August 2,J.— Visit to Botanic Gardens; trip (full day) to Umko- 

 maas; circular trip round the Bay; inspection of Girls' Model 

 Primary School ; Mount Edgecombe (Sugar Estate) ; Parade of 

 Cadets. 



