- 
a 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, Ixxxy 
Report o7 the Councit for the year 1904-1905, presented to the GENERAL 
ComMItrLe at the Sitting in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, 
August 15, at 4.0 P.M. 
I. The arrangements for the MEETING oF THE AssocIATION IN SouTH 
Arrica have been directed, under the sanction of the Council, by a 
special South African Committee, sitting in London, and consisting of 
the General Officers of the Association (the President and President- 
Elect, the General Treasurer, and the General Secretaries), Professor Arm- 
strong, Dr. Horace Brown, Sir William Crookes, Sir James Dewar, Sir 
Archibald Geikie, Professor H. A. Miers, Sir Henry Roscoe, and Dr. 
Sclater. The co-ordination of the work of the various Local Committees 
has been carried out under the direction of the CunrraL ORGANISING 
ComMITTEE FoR SouTH Arrica, sitting at Cape Town, consisting of Sir 
David Gill (Chairman) and Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (Secretary). 
An Additional Expenses Fund having been opened to supplement the 
subvention of 6,000/. from the South African Colonies, contributions 
amounting to 3,100/. have been received and encashed. 
The appointment of Vice-PRESIDENTs of the Association having been 
left by the General Committee in the hands of the Council, the following 
gentlemen have been appointed :— 
His Excellency the Right Hon. LorD ; His Honour Sir W. H. Murvron, 
MILNER, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., formerly K.C.M.G., Administrator of Southern 
High Commissioner for South Africa. Rhodesia. 
His Excellency the Right Hon. the EARL 
OF SELBORNE, G.C.M.G., High Com- 
missioner for South Africa. 
His Excellency the Hon. Sir WALTER F. 
HELY-HUTCHINSON, G.C,M.G., Gover- 
nor of Cape Colony. 
His Excellency Colonel Sir Henry Lf. 
McCaAuuum, G.C.M.G., R.E., Governor 
of Natal. 
His Excellency Captain the Hon. Sir 
_ARTHUR LAWLEY, K.C.M.G, Lieu- 
tenant-Governor, ‘l'ransvaal. 
His Excellency Major Sir H. J. Gooup- 
ApAms, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant - Go- 
vernor, Orange River Colony. 
Sir DAvip GILL, K.C.B., LL.D., D.Sc., 
F.R.S., His Majesty's Astronomer, 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Sir CHARLES H. T. Mercanrs, Bart., 
M.A. 
THEODORE REUNERT, M.Inst.C.E. 
The Mayor of Cape Town. 
The Mayor of Johannesburg. 
The PRESIDENT of the Philosophical 
Society of South Africa. . 
The MAyorof Durban. 
The MAyor of Pietermaritzburg. 
The Mayor of Bloemfontein. 
The MAyor of Pretorig. 
The Mayor of Kimberley, 
The MAyYoR of Bulawayo. 
II. The following Acrerment has been made between the British 
Association and the South African Association in the matter of financial 
arrangements respecting the Annual Meeting in 1905 :— 
(i) That all Members (but not Associates) of the South African Association 
shall be entitled to Associates’ Tickets at the Meeting of the British Associa- 
tion in South Africa in 1905, 
(ii) That the South African Association shall pay a contribution of 5092. 
to the funds of the British Association. 
(iii) The South African Association guarantees the purchase of a thousand 
copies at least of the Annual Volume, the copies to be sent direct to the 
Members of the South African Association on payment to the British Assocja- 
tion by the South African Association of the sum of 8s. per copy, 
