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MINUTES OF PEOCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
EOYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFEICA. 
Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 
March 16, 1910. 
The President, S. S. Hough, F.E.S., Esq., in the Chair. 
Nominations : D. Dod, S. Ehodesia, by L. Peringuey and E. M. 
Lightfoot; Dr. Dru-Drury, Graham's Town, by S. S. Hough and 
L. Peringuey ; A. M. Guest, Klerksdorp, by L. Peringuey and E. M. 
Lightfoot; J. A. Haffe, A.M.I.E.E., Cape Town, by A. M. Wilson and 
L. Peringuey ; Dr. E. E. Mossop, by A. M. Wilson and L. Peringuey ; 
Dr. PocH, Vienna, by A. W. Eogers and L. Peringuey ; Dr. F. W. 
Weber, M.D., Paarl, by A. M. Wilson and L. Peringuey ; W. H. Loge- 
MAN, M.A., Cape Town, by J. C. Beattie and L. Peringuey ; A. E. Snape, 
M.Sc, A.M.I.C.E., by H. Bohle and L. Crawford. 
Dr. L. Peringuey exhibited some ingot moulds found amongst a heap 
of iron slags from ancient workings in Mudza-Macequace, Portuguese 
East Africa, still containing the crude iron as poured from the fusions ; 
on one portion are some markings which must have been cut in the clay 
before baking. The sender, Mr. A. H. Exton, stated that he found also 
several pieces of talcose schist with markings upon them, and of which he 
sent a copy; these markings, however, are similar to an example found 
at Zimbabwe by Bent, and now in the South African Museum. This 
alleged inscription was submitted by Dr. Schlichter to all the cognoscenti 
in Europe and pronounced not to be an inscription. As for the cylinders 
of clay containing the iron, they are quite similar to the clay nozzles used 
by the native smiths for affixing to their bellows. 
Dr. E. Marloth read a paper, " Some New South African Succulents," 
