ANNUAL MEETING. 
303 
Secretary being allowed to count towards a quorum although I am 
glad to say there has been no difficulty in forming one during the last 
six months as we have had very full Committee Meetings. The Sec¬ 
retary will have all the privileges of a member of Committee (except 
voting for his successor) if this amendment is passed. 
The Chairman : It might prevent a meeting from breaking down. 
The amendment was agreed to. 
Extract from Rule XIX. as it now stands:— 
LaKGUAGB OB SciXFCB. 
Proportion. 
French, German and Freehand Drawing. 
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish 
Russian, Turkish and Arabia . ... 
Photography, Mechanism & Steam ... .. ... 
Astronomy and Surveying . 
Nil. 
i tuition fees. 
| tuition fees, provided the amount be refund¬ 
ed. 
1st, If the recipient fails to obtaia ’5 within 2 
years. 
. 2nd, If he obtains the Government reward. 
\ tuition fees and purchase of instruments at 
the discretion of the Committee. 
£ tuition fees charged by the Royal Geograph¬ 
ical Society, provided the recipient satisfy 
the Council of that Society as set forth in 
their letter dated 22nd March, 1897. 
Proposed amendment:—To insert 
Sigh and Cape Batch 
i tuition feet, provided certificate of interpretership 
is obtained in Cape Civil Service Examination . 
The Secretary : As is well known the Institution renders pecuniary 
assistance to its members in the study of various languages and sciences 
as set forth in the table contained in Rule XIX. It is now proposed 
to add Dutch to the list of languages for which half tuition fees are 
allowed. This move is the out come of a recommendation of the late 
Sir William Goodenough who brought forward very strongly the 
desirability of officers serving in South Africa being conversant with 
both High Dutch and Cape Dutch. I must admit that I had to write 
to Colonel Trotter, the C.R.A. at Cape Town, to find out the difference 
between these two kinds of Dutch as no member of the Committee 
was able to inform me. (Laughter). High Dutch is the language 
spoken and written in Holland, and is also the official language out at 
the Cape ; Cape Dutch is the patois spoken in South Africa; it con¬ 
tains many Kaffir words and has no inflections; it is practically a spoken 
and not a written language, though the Afrikanders make an attempt 
to write it. There is absolutely no rule for spelling words. Colonel 
Trotter himself has qualified as an Interpreter in both languages ob¬ 
taining a certificate at the Cape Civil Service examinations, as also 
has 2nd Lieutenant A. N. Campbell. 
The amendment was agreed to. 
The Secretary :—There appears to be a discrepancy 
in the Rules as regards the election of the Com¬ 
mittee. Rule V. says ‘ elected at the Annual 
of committee. Q. enera i Meeting/ whereas Rule VIII. says ‘ In 
case of the death or retirement of any member of the Committee 
Eleotion of a 
now member 
