Minutes of Proceedings Ixxi 
The fulgurites are found sticking out of the sand-dunes for several feet, 
and by removing the sand one has succeeded in obtaining them six feet 
long or more. They are quite similar to those found in other countries, 
in Europe, or the Sahara, and consist of grains of sand fused together by 
the electris spark of lightning. This is, to my knowledge, the only 
locality in South Africa where they occur, and when I first heard of them 
I had no clue to the peculiar fact that they should not be found in other 
parts of the country where sand-dunes exist. Then I had not heard 
of the existence of that permanent pool of water, but when I was 
informed that the fulgurites occurred only in the white sand in the 
neighbourhood of the water, the problem appeared to me much simpler. 
There is apparently a large quantity of water in the subsoil of this 
locality, probably an underground stream, blocked by a dyke of igneous 
rock, and thus compelled to rise nearer to the surface in order to get 
over the bank in its bed. The subsoil is consequently moist, and the 
lightning will strike this locality oftener than the surroundings. In 
its way through the dry sand the lightning fuses the sand and forms 
these tubes. 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 
Wednesday, August 29, 1894. 
Mr. R. MArtotu, Ph.D., M.A., President, in the Chair. 
The Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were read and adopted. 
The members present proceeded to the election of a President and 
Council for the ensuing year, with the following result : 
R. MarwotH, Ph.D., M.A., President. 
H. Bouus, F.L.S. 
W. Hz. Finuay, M.A., F.R.A.S. 
Rev. G. H. R. Fisk, C.M.ZS. 
De Ginn, bebe F.R-S. 
F. Gururie, LL.B. Members 
T. Murr, LL.D., M.A., F.R.S.Ed. ae 
L. PERINGUEY, F.E.S. 
Hon. C. A. SmitH, M.A. 
T, STEWART, M.Inst.C.E. 
R. Trimen, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
The President then delivered the Annual Address, at the conclusion 
of which the thanks of the meeting were voted to him. 
