REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTH 
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 
Durine THE YE£AR Enpine 3lst Jury, 1892. 
1. Since the last Annual General Meeting eleven Ordinary Meet-- 
ings have been held. The average attendance of members has been 
twelve, and of visitors six, making an average total of eighteen. 
2. At the Ordinary Meetings nine papers have been read on the 
subjects Astronomy, Engineering, Entomology and Surveying. Notes. 
and communications on a variety of subjects have also been brought 
_ before the Society ; brief accounts of these will be printed in the 
Notes of Proceedings. 
3. A large number of presents of books has been received during 
the past year. <A list of these will be published in the Proceedings. 
of the Society. 
4. During the year nine Ordinary Members have been elected, 
and seven have resigned; the Society has lost two members by. 
death. The total number of Ordinary Members is sixty-nine. 
5. The manuscript of Vol. VI., part Il., of our Transactions was 
handed to the printers early in April, but in spite of every pressure- 
that could be brought to bear on them it is not yet completed. 
There are two other volumes ready for press and it will probably 
be advisable to send them to England to insure their speedy 
publication. 
WAH. FINGAY, 
General Secretary. 
