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SCIENCE. 



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A. Mathematical a)id Physical Science. — Pro- 

 fessor A. R. Forsyth, M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S. 



B. Cheniistrt/.—T. Beilby. 



C. (7co/ci(;t/.— Professor H. A. Miers, M.A., D.Sc, 

 F.R.S. 



D. Zoology.— G. A. Bonlenger, F.R.S. 



E. Geography. — Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S. 



F. Economic Science and Statistics. — Rev. W. 

 Cunningham, D.D., D.Sc. 



G. Engineering. — Colonel Sir Colin Scott-Mon- 

 crieff, G.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., R.E. 



H. Anthropology. — A. C. Haddon, M.A., ScD., 

 F.R.S. 



I. Physiology.— Co\one\ D. Bruce, M.B., F.R.S. 

 K. Botany. — Harold Wager, F.R.S. 



L. Educational Science. — Sir Richard C. Jebb, 

 Litt.D., M.P. 



The vice-president, recorders and secretaries 

 of the eleven sections have also now been ap- 

 pointed. 



In view of the numerous towns to be visited 

 by the association, and in which lectures or 

 addresses will be given, the number of lecturers 

 appointed is much larger than usual. The list 

 of tliese, as at present arranged, is as follows : 



Cape Town. — Professor Poulton, on Burchell's 

 work in South Africa ; and Mr. C. V. Boys, on a 

 subject in physics. 



Durban. — Mr. F. Soddy, on radioactivity. 



Maritzhurg. — Professor Arnold, on compounds 

 of steel. 



Johannesburg. — Professor Ayrton, on distribu- 

 tion of power; Professor Porter, on mining; and 

 Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, on the geology of the 

 Victoria Falls. 



Pretoria (or possibly Bulawayo). — Mr. Shipley, 

 on a subject in zoology. 



Bloemfontein.- — Mr. Hinks, on a subject in as- 

 tronomy. 



Kimberley. — Sir William Crookes, on diamonds. 



As the wish has been conveyed to the council 

 from South Africa that a few competent in- 

 vestigators should be selected to deliver ad- 

 dresses dealing with local problems of which 

 they possess special knowledge, a geologist, a 

 bacteriologist and an archeologist have been 

 invited to undertake this work, involving in 

 two cases special missions in advance of the 

 main party. Whilst Colonel Bruce, F.R.S., 

 will deal with some bacteriological questions 

 of practical importance to South Africa, Mr. 



G. W. Lamplugh (by the courtesy of the Board 

 of Education) will be enabled to investigate 

 certain features in the geology of the Victoria 

 Falls, particularly as regards the origin and 

 structure of the canon; and Mr. D. R. Mac- 

 Iver, who is at present exploring in Nubia, 

 will proceed in March to Rhodes in ordar to 

 examine and report on the ancient ruins at 

 Zimbabwe and also Inyanga. 



Most of the officials and other members of 

 the association will leave Southampton on 

 July 29 by the Union-Castle mail-steamer 

 Saxon, and arrive at Cape Town on August 

 15, the opening day of the meeting; but a 

 considerable number will start from South- 

 ampton on the previous Saturday, either by 

 the ordinary mail-boat or by the intermediate 

 steamer sailing on that date. 



The sectional meetings will be held at Cape 

 Town (three days) and Johannesburg (three 

 days). Between the inaugural meeting at the 

 former and the concluding meeting at the 

 latter town opportunities will be offered to 

 members to visit the Natal battlefields and 

 other places of interest. Subsequently a party 

 will be made up to proceed to the Victoria 

 Falls, Zambesi; and, should a sufficient num- 

 ber of members register their names, a special 

 steamer will be chartered for the voyage home, 

 via Beira, by the East Coast route, as an alter- 

 native to the return through Cape Town by 

 the West Coast route. Thus all the colonies 

 and Rhodesia will be visited by the associa- 

 tion. The tour will last seventy days via 

 Cape Town, or a week longer via Beira (all 

 sea), leaving Southampton on July 29, and re- 

 turning thither on October 7 or 14. 



A central executive committee has been con- 

 stituted at Cape Town, with Sir David Gill 

 as chairman and Dr. Gilchrist as secretary, 

 v.'hile local committees have been formed at 

 Johannesburg and other important centers. 



Professor G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., is the 

 president-elect ; and among the vice-presidents- 

 ele^'t are the following: The Right Hon. Lord 

 Milner, the Hon. Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, 

 Sir Henry McCallum, the Hon. Sir Arthur 

 Lawley, Sir H. J. Goold-Adams, Sir David 

 Gill and Sir Charles Metcalfe. 



Sir David Gill, Mr. Theodore Reunert and 



