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The following nominations for election at the next meeting were 

 announced: Mr. A. C van der Hoop, Consul-General for Holland, 

 by Messrs. W. L. Sclater and G. S. Corstorphine ; Dr. Maberly, 

 Salt Eiver, by Drs. E. Marloth and G. S. Corstorphine ; Mr. H. 

 E. V. Pickstone, Groot Drakenstein, by Messrs. A, Struben and 

 G. M. Clark. 



The following were elected ordinary members of the Society : 

 Miss L. M. Barnard, Wynberg ; Messrs. D. C. Andrew, Cape 

 Town ; Polhemus Lyon, Wynberg ; F. B. Mennell, Bulawayo ; 

 H. Clement Notcutt, Kimberley ; Kurt Dinter, Windhoek ; Hon. 

 G. D. Smith, Cape Town. 



Mr. T. Stewart moved '' That a committee be appointed to revise 

 and correct the rules and bye-laws of the Society." Tlie motion 

 having been passed ncin. con., the President, Messrs. G. M. Clark, 

 Sydney Cowper, the Secretary, and Mr. Stewart were appointed 

 as the Committee. 



The Eev. Dr. William Flint read a paper on " The Legal and 

 Economic Basis of some Colonial Teaching Universities, with a local 

 application." 



A discussion, in which Messrs. Beattie, Clark, Cowper, Gil- 

 christ, Hammersley-Heenan, Littlewood, Marloth, Muirhead, 

 Stewart, and Struben joined, took place as to the most effective 

 way in which Dr. Flint's paper could be discussed. It was ulti- 

 mately resolved by 22 votes to 3, that the paper be printed at once 

 and brought up for discussion at a future meeting. 



Mr. Westhofen exhibited a mass of root cut out of a water-pipe 

 at Muizenberg. 



The reading of Mr. Parkinson's paper was postponed till next 

 meeting. 



Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 

 April 30, 1902. 

 Sir David Gill, President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last two meetings were read and confirmed. 



The following nominations for election at the next meeting were 

 read: Mr. S. H. Hayward, Cape Town, by Messrs. H. G. Four- 

 cade and G. S. Corstorphine ; Mr. Eudyard Kipling, by Miss M. 



