PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



SOUTH AFRICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 



Wednesday, October 25, 1897. 



Thomas Stewart, F.G.S., M.I.C.E., President, in the Chair. 



Twelve members present. 



Dr. MacPherson, Dr. J. C. Beattie, and Mr. J. Medley Wood 

 were duly elected ordinary members of the Society. 



Dr. Yersfeld, Dr. E. S. Black, Dr. M. Hewat, and Messrs. 

 Alex. Eoss and F. Graham were nominated for election as ordinary 

 members. 



The following donations to the Library were announced : 

 Geological Survey of Canada, Eeport of, Vol. VIII., 1895. 

 Geological Survey of Canada, Maps to accompany Annual Eeport, 



New Series, Vol. VIII. , 1895. 

 Transactions of the Eoyal Society of South Australia, Vol. XXI., 



Part 1, 1897. Adelaide. 

 Journal and Proceedings of the Eoyal Society of New South 



Wales, Vol. XXX., 1896. Sydney. 

 Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society, Vol. XLIV., Part 4. Manchester, 1896-97. 

 Proceedings of the Eoyal Society of Victoria, Vol. IX., New Series, 



1897. Melbourne. 

 Eecords of the Australian Museum, Vol. III., No. 2. Sydney, 



1897. 

 Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, Vol. XII., 



No. 79. Manchester, 1896. 



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