622 REPORT—1905. 
The final meetings of the Sections were held at Johangesburg on Friday 
morning. The General Committee and the Committee of Recommendations met 
in the afternoon 
At the Concluding General Meeting, the following Resolutions were passed :— 
1, Thanks to the High Commissioner and to the Lieutenant-Governor of the 
Transvaal], and to the Mayor and Corporation of Johannesburg, for their reception 
of the British Association, and for the facilities which they placed at the disposal 
of the Meeting. 
2. Thanks to the President and officials of the South African Association for 
the Advancement of Science, and to the Local Committees at Johannesburg and 
Pretoria, for the admirable arrangements made in connection with the visit of the 
British Association. 
3. Thanks to the gentlemen and public bodies who hospitably entertained 
the members of the British Association, to firms and companies, and to the com- 
mittees of clubs and other institutions who opened their premises to members, 
and also to the Press for their admirable reports of the proceedings. 
The special trains left in the evening for Bloemfontein. 
Bloemfontein: September 2 and September 3.—On the arrival of members at 
Bloemfontein, an official Reception was held in the Town Hall.' In the afternoon, 
Chief Justice Fawkes, on behalf of his Excellency Sir H. J. Goold-Adams, 
Lieutenant-Governor of the Orange River Colony, held a Reception at the 
Residency. In the evening, Mr. Arthur R. Hinks lectured on ‘The Milky Way 
and the Clouds of Magellan’ (vide p. 631). 
On Sunday morning, a visit was paid to the Government Experimental and Stud 
Farm at Tweespruit. 
Treks and Eucwrsions.—Between the meetings of the Association at Cape 
Town and Kimberley, extended excursious were undertaken, chiefly by the geolo- 
gists, in Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal. Parties of trekkers also left 
Bloemfontein for Kimberley, and Pretoria for Mafeking, The latter party was 
welcomed at Zeerust.” 
Kimberley : September 5 to September 7.—Members spent the whole of Monday, 
September 4, in the special trains, arriving at Kimberley early on the morning of 
September 5. After being welcomed by the Reception Committee, they paid 
visits to the mines. In the afternoon, a garden party was given by his Worship 
the Mayor (Mr. Tyson); and in the evening Sir William Crookes lectured in the 
Town Hall on ‘Diamonds.’ Sir William Crookes’ lecture was re-delivered on the 
following afternoon, 
Wednesday was occupied with excursions; and in the evening Professor 
Porter lectured’on ‘The Bearing of Engineering on Mining,’ 
The special trains left Kimberley on Thursday afternoon for Bulawayo. 
Bulawayo: September 9 and September 10.—Bulawayo was reached on 
Saturday morning, after a journey of thirty-eight hours. Visits were paid to the 
Rhodesian Museum, which was formally opened by the President ; and a Reception 
was held at Government House by Mr. Frank Newton, Treasurer of Rhodesia, as 
representing Sir William Milton, Administrator of Southern Rhodesia, who was 
absent in Europe. 
In the evening, after a Reception in the Grand Hotel Hall, Mr. Randall-Maclver 
lectured on ‘ Rhodesian Ruins ’ (vide page 301). 
An excursion to the Matopo Hills was made on Sunday, when a service was 
held at the grave of the late Cecil Rhodes. The special trains, carrying 330 
members, left for the Victoria Falls on Monday morning, September 11. 
Victoria Falis: September 12 and September 13.—Arriving early in the morn- 
ing of Tuesday, members spent the whole of the day in visiting various points of 
interest at the Victoria Falls. The railway bridge over the Zambesi was formally 
opened by the President. The British South Africa Company, represented by Sir 
1 See pages 625, 626 for the texts of Address of Welcome and the President's reply. 
2 See pages 626-628 for the texts of Addresses of Welcome and the President's 
feplies. 
