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A ballot having been taken, the following gentlemen were elected 

 members of the Society : Mr. Savill H. Hayward, Cape Town ; 

 Mr. EuDYARD Kipling, Mr. A. J. Lewis, Cape Tow^n. 



Mr. HuTCHiNS then gave notice that he had some important com- 

 munications to make to the Society at the next meeting on the 

 metric system and ' decimal coinage ; he further informed the 

 Society that he had received certain pamphlets bearing on the 

 subject. 



Mr. Wiener then read his paper on " Notes on some Recent Deep 

 boring." 



The discussion was opened by the President, who pointed out 

 the danger of using Latin formulae derived from observations com- 

 paratively near the surface to determine the temperature at great 

 depths beneath the earth's crust. It is much more certain that the 

 interior is solid than that the formulae are correct. More observa- 

 tions are certainly necessary. The President called upon Mr. RitsO' 

 to speak. He wished for further information as to the mechanical 

 means used. 



The discussion closed with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Wiener. 



A mathematical communication by Mr. J. R. Sutton on " Some- 

 Results Derived from the Constant Values in the Periodic Formulae " 

 w^as taken as read. 



The discussion by the Rev. Dr. Flint's paper on " The Legal and 

 Economic Basis of some Colonial Teaching Universities with a local 

 application " was opened by Professor Crawford. He referred to 

 the different types of universities in Great Britain and the Colonies. 

 Discussing the matter of local application of the principles governing 

 the different kinds of universities, Professor Crawford said that he 

 thought that the idea of making an Oxford or a Cambridge in South 

 Africa, though perhaps it might be an accomplishment of the distant 

 future, was not one which^ could be practically discussed just now. 

 The speaker thought that the only scheme open at present was the 

 establishment of a university like one of the Australian universities, 

 where practically the university and the college were one, though 

 there were subsidiary affiliated colleges, or the establishment of 

 a university like Victoria University, Manchester, with incorporated 

 colleges. If, as suggested by Dr. Flint, the best plan was found ta 

 be the making of a university of one of the present colleges, w^ith 

 the other colleges affiliated, the speaker thought that they must go 

 to the best endowed and best equipped of the present colleges. If 

 the other scheme were adopted, the governing body should be 

 almost entirely composed of representatives elected by the incor- 

 porated colleges. At the same time before any college could 



