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Minutes of Proceedings, 1886-87 .. .. ... i 



Report of tlie Council, 1887, July 31 xi 



Minutes of Proceedings, 1887-88 xiii 



Report of the Council, 1888, July 31 ... xxiii 



President's Address, 1888, August 29 ... xxv 



Minutes of Proceedings, 1888*89 xliii 



Report of the Council, 1889, July 31 ... li 



President's Address .-. ... ... . ... ... liii 



List of Members, 1889, July Ixiv 



Mr. A. G-. Howard, The "V^inter Storms of South Africa, 

 Illiifttrating the value of Cape Point as a Warning 



Station ... ... ... ... ... ... 203 



Mr. J. E. Macnellan, C.E., On Van Wyk's Vley Reservoir 219 



Mr. R. Marloth, Ph.D., M.A., The " Naras," Acan- 



th OS icy OS Horrida, Hook. ... ... ... ... 229 



Mr. W. H. Finlay, M.A., F.R.A.S., The Orbil of Comet 



1886 (Finlay). 234 



Mr. A. Gr. Howard, The Storms of South Africa ... 235 



Mr. R. Marloth, Ph.D., M.A., On the Adulteration of 



Brandy 247 



Mr. W. H. Finlay, M.A., F.R.A.S., Approximate Tide- 

 Constants for Table Bay and Algoa Bay ... ... 253^ 



Mr. A. Gr. Howard, The Barometer : Its Reduction to 



Sea Level ... ... ... ... ... ... 259 



Mr. R. Marloth, Ph.D., M.A., The Acacias of Southern 



Africa ... ... ... ... ... ... 267 



Professor Guthrie, LL.B., On the Subjective Causes of 

 Evolution as illustrated by the Geographical 



Distribution of Plants ... ... ... ... 275- 



