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frequently absent as present. The skulls with thirty-six teeth had been 
named C. tenuis, but as out of seven known skulls three have ten teeth on 
both sides, two have nine teeth on both sides, and two have ten on the 
one side and nine on the other, G. tenuis must now be regarded as a 
synonym of G. namaquensis. Further, the genus Amblysomus which was 
founded for those species with thirty-six teeth becomes invalid, as was 
previously argued by the writer on other grounds. 
" Why the White Crow gives no Sound," — a folk-lore collected from an 
old Hottentot by the late Eev. E. Neethling. 
Anniversary Meeting. 
April 20, 1910. 
The Treasurer presented the Financial Eeport for the past year. 
The Secretary presented his Eeport for the past year. 
The President gave his Anniversary Address. 
Eeport of the Secretary 
For the Year 1909. 
The number of Honorary Fellows is 5 ; of Fellows 44 ; of Members 
152 ; or an increase of 4 in the number of Fellows, and a decrease of 8 
in that of Members. 
Seven Ordinary Meetings and the Anniversary Meeting were held 
during the year, and the following papers read : — 
Note on a Theorem regarding a Sum of the Differential-coefficients 
of Principal Minors of a Jacobian," by T. Muir. 
" The Spectrum of the Euby : a New Characteristic Test," by J. Mom. 
" Eemarks on some Experiments with Snake Venom," by W. Frei. 
" An Upper Limit for the Value of a Determinant," by T. Muir. 
" Note on a Coenurus of the Duikerbok," by L. Gough. 
" The Evolution of the Eiver System of Griqualand West," by 
A. L. Du ToiT. 
The Eainfall of South Africa: the Possibility of Prediction over the 
South-West," by A. G. Howard. 
" On some Points in the Morphology and Biology of a New Species of 
Haworthia," by S. Schonland. 
" On the Absorption of Water by the Aerial Organs of some 
Succulents," by S. Schonland. 
" Some New South African Succulents," by E. Marloth. 
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