THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEETING. xxxvii 



K.B.E., F.R.S., from whom a message was read. On taking the chair 

 Sir Thomas Holland read the following message from H.R.H. The Prince 

 of Wales, K.G., F.R.S., ex-president : — 



I am glad to recall that invitation to British Association to meet in 

 South Africa was addressed to me during my presidency. Please express 

 to all members my sincere good wishes and hopes for successful outcome 

 of your deliberations. (Signed) EDWARD P. 



To this message the following reply was sent : — 



British Association assembled in inaugural session Cape Town gratefully 

 acknowledges receipt of Your Royal Highness's message and shares the 

 hope that scientific deliberations and experiences during visit will benefit 

 permanently both members from overseas and friends in South Africa. 



(Signed) HOLLAND, President. 



Inasmuch as the meeting of the British Association in South Africa 

 in 1929 coincided with the twenty-seventh meeting of the South African 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, the inaugural address was 

 delivered by Mr. Jan H. Hofmeyr, president of the South African Associa- 

 tion, on ' Africa and Science ' (see page 1). The meeting of the South 

 African Association was thereafter merged in that of the British Association. 



The transactions of the sections are summarised in later pages of this 

 report. Sir Ernest Rutherford, O.M., F.R.S., delivered to members of 

 the British and South African Associations an evening discourse on ' The 

 Structure of the Atom ' in the Cape Technical College on Thursday, 

 July 25. Numerous public lectures were provided, both at Cape Town 

 and throughout the meeting. By the courtesy of the Broadcasting 

 Company Prof. J. L. Myres, General Secretary, and Mr. 0. J. R. Howarth, 

 Secretary, had been enabled, shortly after their arrival (July 15), to inform 

 the South African public as to the objects of the meeting and to summarise 

 its course. Among the public lectures arranged in Cape Town were the 

 following : — 



July 17 Prof. Douglas Johnson. The Face of the Waters. 



„ 18 Prof. J. L. MyceB. The Discovery of Iron. 



„ 19 Prof. F. E. Lloyd. Plants that Devour Animals ; and Wigglera 



and how they wiggle. 



„ 24 Prof. W. T. Gordon. Attractive Minerak.t 



„ 26 Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, Anatomy from an Engineer's point of view. 



C.B., F.R.S. 



„, 27 Mr. G. Fletcher. Harnessing the Sun's Energy.f 



f Especially for young people. 



A discussion on Science and Industry was initiated in Cape Town under 

 the chairmanship of the President, and continued in Johannesburg ; the 

 public being admitted. At Cape Town Dr. F. E. Smith, C.B.E., F.R.S., 

 Sir Daniel Hall, K.C.B., F.R.S., Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, C.B.,,F.R.S., 

 and Sir Richard Gregory took part, and a vote of thanks to the speakers 

 was proposed by Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr. 



Throughout South Africa members received most generous hospitality 

 at the hands both of public authorities and of private individuals. Among 

 the entertainments arranged for them at Cape Town special reference may 

 be made to the reception by the Trustees and Director of the South African 

 Museum (July 22), the ' at home ' given by the Vice-chancellor and 



