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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
Anniversary Meeting. 
The Anniversary Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, March 
20th, 1918, at 8.15 p.m., in the Board E.oom of the South African Association, 
Church Square, Capetown. 
The President, Dr. L. Peringuey, was in the Chair. 
The Report of the Hon. General Secretary was submitted and adopted. 
The Report of the Hon. Treasurer was submitted and adopted. 
The following were elected Members of Council for the year 1918 : 
Dr. A. Jasper Anderson. Mr. S. S. Hough. 
Dr. J. C. Beattie. Dr. W. A. Jolly. 
Dr. W. A. Caldecott. Dr. J. Moir. 
Dr. Gr. S. CoRSTORPHiNE. Dr. L. Peringuey. 
Dr. L. Crawford. Mr. I. B. Pole-Evans. 
Dr. J. D. F. GriLCHRisT. Sir A. Theiler. 
Dr. J. D. F. GriLCHRisT was elected President. 
Dr. L. Crawford, Hon. Treasurer. 
Dr. W. A. Jolly, Hon. General Secretary. 
The President referred to the loss sustained by the Society through the 
death of the late Prof. P. D. Hahn, and spoke of his great services to the 
Society and to Science in South Africa. 
Report of the Hon. General Secretary for the Year Ending 
December 31, 1917. 
Six Ordinary Meetings, the Annual Meeting and the Anniversary 
Meeting were held during the year, and the following papers were read : 
