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of Cecil Rhodes, was visited. In the evening the Mayor of Bulawayo 

 gave a reception, at which His Excellency the Governor was present, 

 and Dr. A. G. Euston delivered a lecture on ' Success in Agriculture and 

 what makes for it.' 



After a few hours spent in Johannesburg on the return journey from 



the north the party proceeded to the eastern Transvaal, and viewed the 



orange groves in the neighbourhood of Mataffin and White River, and 



also the tobacco-curing warehouse of the Barberton District Co-operative 



Company at Nelspruit. At White River the members were received by 



the White River Fruit-growers' Co-operative Association and the White 



River Valley Farmers' Association. An evening reception was given, and 



lectures were delivered by Dr. Winifred Brenchley on ' The Work of 



Plant Roots ' and by Prof. A. Findlay on ' Cellulose and its Uses.' At 



Komatipoort members were enabled to see hippopotami in the river, and 



during their passage through the Sabie Game Reserve (Kruger National 



Park) they were fortunate in seeing wild game of several kinds under 



natural conditions. A native dance was witnessed during the evening 



spent at Sabie Bridge. At Tzaneen members left the train in order to 



proceed by road to Magoebaskloof and Duivelskloof . Thereafter the train 



was rejoined, and the next halt was made at Pietersburg (Northern 



Transvaal) where, at a reception in the evening. Dr. C. Tierney lectured on 



' Nature's Secrets ' and Dr. B. A. Keen on ' Cultivation Implements from 



Tree Trunk to Tractor.' 



The party next travelled to Pietermaritzburg, Natal, where they were 

 received by the Mayor and leading citizens on Sunday morning, August 18, 

 and in the afternoon they proceeded to Durban. Prof. W. H. Eccles, 

 F.R.S., returned subsequently to Pietermaritzburg to lecture on 

 * Wireless.' 



At Durban a programme of lectures, entertainments and excursions 

 was arranged. On August 15, before the arrival of the main party, Mr. 

 R. B. Forrester had lectured on ' The Stabilisation of Agricultural Prices.' 

 On Monday, August 19, the party was ofl&cially welcomed by the Mayor, 

 the bay was viewed from a steamer provided by the South African Railways 

 and Harbours Administration, and members lunched with the Mayor at 

 the Country Club. Dr. Marion Newbigin lectured to young people on 

 ' The Mediterranean Lands,' Prof. A. S. Eddington, F.R.S., lectured on 

 ' The Inside of a Star,' under the auspices of the Natal Astronomical 

 Society and the Durban Library Group, and Prof. E. C. C. Baly, C.B.E., 

 F.R.S., lectured on ' The Photosynthesis of Carbohydrates,' under the 

 auspices of the South African Chemical Institute. On Tuesday, August 19, 

 a number of excursions were enjoyed, a civic reception was given in the 

 Pavilion, and Sir John Russell, F.R.S., lectured on ' The Conquest of the 

 Virgin Lands.' On Wednesday, August 20, there were further excursions, 

 and Prof. E. W. Marchant lectured on ' Michael Faraday and his Successors 

 and the Electric Age,' under the auspices of the Natal Institute of Engineers. 

 Prof. G. W. 0. Howe lectured later (August 26) under the same auspices, 

 on ' The Recording and Reproduction of Speech and Music' 



The President, Sir Thomas Holland, was received by the Indian 

 community during his stay in Durban. 



On and after Wednesday, August 21, when the first large contingent 



