XXIV Minutes of Proceedings. 
Mr. Sandford Fleming’s proposal for Universal Time but also as the 
most suitable Meridian for a common time for the whole of South 
Africa. 
Dr. Gill considered that a great point had been gained in adopting a 
Meridian which was based on the Universal Meridian, and not on any 
local standard, and ke expressed the confident hope that this change 
would very soon lead to the adoption of the Meridian 25"5 East of 
4sreenwich, not for this colony merely but for the whole of South 
Africa. 
The members then adjourned to the Photographic Observatory, 
where the method of Photographing the Heavens was explained by 
Dr. Gill. 
Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1592. 
Mr. D. Git, LL.D., F.R.S., PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
Tbe undermentioned gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members of 
the Society: Mr. R. Barbour, C.E., Mr. Karl Lithman. 
Mr. R. Trimen exhibited a living specimen of Zonurus giganteus 
(A. Smith), one of four presented to the Museum by the Hen. J. 
Sivewright, C.M.G. 
With the exception of the two very large monitors of the genus 
Varanus (V. albigularis and V. Miloticus) this is the largest of 
the South African Lizards. It was discovered by Andrew Smith, 
and described and figured in his “* Zoology of South Africa,” published 
in 1849. Smith notes it as a native of the interior districts, adding 
that it “is not unfrequently seen on the rocky pinnacles of the 
Quathlamba Mountains.” 
The Museum possesses two specimens of this Lizard from those 
mountains, which are a part of the Drakensherg range lying between 
Natal and the Orange Free State; and a third example has the 
locality of Colesberg, considerably further to the south and west. 
Mr. Sivewright’s specimens come from Kroonstad, in the north 
of the Orange Free State, a district not remote from the Drakensberg, 
but some distance to the west of that range. The unusual size of 
the animals attracted Mr. Sivewright’s attention during a recent 
visit to the district, and he was kind enough to obtain some expressly 
for the Museum. 
