Eighth Meeting, Friday Evening, 

 January 20th, 1911 



Lyman Lee^ B.A., President, in the chair. 



Present, the Executive Council and an audience that 

 OA'ertaxed the seating capacity of the hall. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed. 



Mr. W. A. Child, Corresponding Secretary, made an- 

 nouncements in respect to future lectures, and stated that 

 he hoped that the Council would sQon be a.ble to obtain a 

 larger and more suitable lecture hall. 



The President then introduced Professor A. P. Cole^ 

 man, Esq., M.A., Ph.D., of the University of Toronto. 



Professor Coleman, in proceeding, stated that he was 

 pleased to be again with friends in Hamilton, and said 

 some kind things relative to the Htunilton xVssociation, and 

 proceeded with the subject. 



Thix>ugh South Africa from Cape Town to Victoria 

 Falls, was the s.ubject of the address, which was illustrated 

 with limelight views. The gold mines of Johannesburg 

 and the diamond mines of Kimberly and Pretoi*ia were 

 shown. The speaker explained the working of the mines 

 and described theii" valuable products at some length. Pic- 

 tures of the graves containing the bodies of the Canadian 

 soldieiis who died in the South African war were shown, as 

 was also Cecil Rhodes' gi-ave, which is situated on a lonely 

 hill in Rhodesia. The views of Victoiia Falls were mag- 

 nificent. The spealfer stated that he did not like to make 

 a compaiison between Niagara Falls and Victoria Falls, for 

 they both had their own features, which were not similar. 

 Volume of water at Victoria Falls, one- third of Niagara, but 

 far wider and higher. No single view could be obtained in 



