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so ably carried the torch of Geological Science from the Mother 

 Country to far Australia, has ever been a driving force behind my 

 labours, whether conducted in the Tropics or in the Polar Zone. 



You have referred to the publication of the scientific results of 

 the Australasian Antarctic Expedition : this is a matter upon which, 

 now that the claims of the War are past, I intend to concentrate ; 

 and I look forward with pleasure to my return to scientific work. 

 When the Reports appear, I trust that they will fulfil the 

 expectations voiced in your generous remarks. 



Award from the Wollaston Doxattox" Fuxd. 



In handing the Balance of the Proceeds of the Wollaston 

 Donation Fund, awarded to Alexander Logie Dr Toit, D.Sc, 

 to Dr. Herbert H. Thomas for transmission to the recipient, the 

 Presidext addressed him as follows : — 



Dr. Thomas, — 



The Wollaston Fund has been awarded to Dr. Du Toit by the 

 Council to mark our appreciation of the value of his additions to 

 our knowledge of the mineral structure of the Earth, particularly 

 by his researches in Cape Colony and other parts of South Africa. 

 The sterling quality and the wide scope of his work during a long 

 series of years are made apparent in his maps and written contribu- 

 tions to the Annual Reports of the Cape Geological Commission 

 and of the Geological Survey of the Union of South Africa, which 

 also incidentally reveal the arduous conditions of the investigation 

 and the keen energy of the investigator. Besides these official 

 reports, Dr. Du Toit has published much original work in the 

 Proceedings and Transactions of the South African scientific 

 societies, in which his many-sided ability as stratigrapher, petro- 

 grapher. and physiographer is displayed ; while his excellent discus- 

 sion of the conditions of underground water-supply, and other 

 economic problems, shows that his knowledge is practical as well 

 as profound. 



This award will serve to assure him that the scientific importance 

 of his work is recognized here, as well as in South Africa. 



