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■Minutes of Proceedings, 1884-85 . . . . . . • • v 



„ ,, 1885-86 .. .. .. .. xxi 



Report of the Council, July 29, 1885 . . . . . . . • xii 



„ „ July 28, 1886 .. .. .. .. xxviii 



President's Address, July 29, 1885 . . . . . . • . xiv 



,, „ July 28, 1886 .. . .. .. xxx 



List of Members, July, 1887 . . . . • . . . • • li^ 



Mr. G. McKay, Notes on the Geology of the Coast betweenthe 



Fish and the Juja Rivers, South Africa . , . . 3 



Mr. W. H. Finlay, B.A., F.R.A.S., On the variations of Level of 



the Cape Transit Circle .. .. .. .. Q 



Mr. W. H. Finlay, B. A., F.R.A.S., Approximate Elliptic Ele- 

 ments of Comet 1884^» . . . . . . . , 10 



Mr. John G. Gamble, M.A., Meteorological Notes . . . . 10 



Mr. L. Peringuey, F.Z.S., &c., Insects injurious to Forest Trees 



in South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 



Mr. A. G. Howard, An Investigation into the Isobaric Influences 



and Cyclonic Paths of South Africa . . . . . . 25 



Dr. J. Meiring Beck, M.B., CM., M.R.C.P., Ed., Pathological 



Evolution .. .. .. ., .. .. 34 



Dr. J. M. Beck, M.B., CM., M.R.C.P., Ed., An Addendum to 

 a previous Paper entitled "Pathology" from an "Evo- 

 lution Point of View " . . . . . . . . 40 



Dr. John Shaw, F.L.S., &c., on Fossil Plants from ludwe and 



Cyphergat Coal Beds . . . . . . . . 44 



Mr. John X. Merriman, M.L.A., Some Remarks on the Taxation 



of the Cape Colony . . . . . . . . . . 46 



Mr. L. Peringuey, F.E.S., F.Z.S., A Note on the PhyUoxera 



Vastatrix at the Cape . . . . . . . . 57 



Mr. R. Marloth, Ph.D., On the origin of the Diamond Mines of 



South Africa .. .. .. .. .. 62 



