618 REPORT—1905. 
Science, their members were enrolled as Associates of the British Association. 
Following is an analysis of the tickets issued at the Meeting :— 
Old Life Members . . é E - : 115 
New Life Members. J ; : 3 ‘ 40 
Old Annual Members. ‘ ‘ . : 89 
New Annual Members . 5 a = * 411 
Associates 5 z 3 ‘ 5 F 3 430 
Ladies. ; ‘ 3 5 ; - ‘ 181 
Foreign Representatives : . ; - 16 
South African Association . : : : 848 
Total . : ; : 5 5 See TRIBY) 
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The Union Castle Steamship Company granted a reduction of 30 per cent. on 
ocean fares to the members constituting the official party of invited guests, and a 
reduction of 25 per cent. to all other members of the Association. 
Of the 380 over-sea members attending the Meeting, 52 sailed from Southampton 
in the ‘Kildonan Castle’ on July 22; 106 sailed in the ‘Durham Castle’ on 
July 22; and 157 sailed in the ‘Saxon’ on July 29. 
Cape Town: August 15 to August 19, inclusive.—The ‘ Kildonan Castle’ arrived 
at Cape Town on August 8, the ‘ Durham Castle’ on August 13, and the ‘Saxon’ 
on August 15. The Harbour Board authorities collected and delivered free of 
charge the baggage of members; and representatives of the Local Reception 
Committee met each steamer, in order to facilitate the disembarkation of members 
and to introduce their hosts. 
The Inaugural Meeting was held on the evening of Tuesday, August 15, at the 
City Hall, when Professor G. H. Darwin delivered the first part of his Presidential 
Address. 
Sectional Meetings were held on the mornings of Wednesday, Thursday, and 
Friday following. Sections A, B, E, F, G, and L met at the City Hall; 
Sections C, D, H, I, and K met at the South African College. Presidential 
Addresses were delivered on Wednesday morning to Sections A, D, E, F, H, 
and L. 
On Wednesday afternoon, his Excellency the Hon. Sir Walter Hely- 
Hutchinson, Governor of the Cape Colony, received members and others at Govern- 
ment House. In the evening, his Worship the Mayor (Mr. H. Liberman) held a 
Reception at the City Hall. 
On Thursday afternoon, members undertook short excursions in the Cape 
Peninsula; and in theevening Professor Poulton lectured on ‘W. J. Burchell’s 
Discoveries in South Africa’ (vide p. 629). 
The University of the Cape of Good Hope conferred honorary degrees on 
the following representative members of the British Association :—Doctors of 
Science: Professor George Darwin, President of the Association; Sir William 
Crookes, Past President of the Association; Sir David Gill, Astronomer-Royal ; 
Professor Porter, McGill University, Montreal; Professor Davis, Harvard 
University; Dr. Backlund, Director of the Nicholas Observatory, Pulkowa; 
Professor Bohr, Copenhagen; Professor Engler, Berlin; Professor Kapteyn, 
Groningen University; Professor Penck, Vienna; and Dr. Sjégren, Stockholm. 
Doctors of Literature: Sir Richard Jebb; Dr. Murray, editor of the Oxford Dic- 
tionary ; and Professor Cordier, Paris. 
On Friday afternoon, Sir David and Lady Gill received members at the Royal 
Observatory. In the evening, Mr. Vernon Boys delivered a lecture on ‘Some 
Surface Actions of Fluids.’ Votes of thanks to the Government and municipal 
authorities and to the Local Committees were cordially adopted. 
Owing to the requirements of the mail service, the ‘Saxon,’ conveying a large 
number of members of the Association, left on Friday evening for Durban, calling 
at Port Elizabeth and East London. The two special trains provided by the 
Cape Government Railways also left on Friday evening for Durban, 
