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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS 
OF THK 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
Heport of the Hon. General Secretary for the Year Ending 
December 31, 1913. 
Six Ordinary Meetings, the Annual and the Anniversary Meetings, 
were held during the year, and the following papers were read: — 
" A New Species of Haematoxylon," by Miss E. L. Stephens. 
"Notes on the Pollination of some South African Cycads," by G. 
Eattray. 
" A Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and of Pleiospo)'a/' by B. A. 
DiiMMER. 
" Note on an Overlooked Theorem regarding the Product of Two 
Determinants of Different Orders," by T. Muir. 
" Note on the Newcomb Operators used in the Development of the 
Perturbative Function," by E. T. A. Innes. 
Notes on N'Gamiland," by A, G. Stiga.nd. 
'* Some New South African Mosses," by H. A. Wager. 
"Magnetic Observations taken at Bloemfontein," by W. A. Douglas 
EUDGE. 
" Note on the Vertebral Column of the Bushman Eace in South 
Africa," by E. B. Thomson. 
" On some Fossil Fishes from the Diamond-bearing Pipes of Kim- 
berley," by E. Broom. 
" On the Daily Eange of Atmospheric Potential Gradient at Bloem- 
fontein, and the Influence of Dust Storms," by W. A. Douglas 
EuDGE. 
"Further Magnetic Observations in South Africa," by J. C. 
Beattie. 
