The Maritzburg Meeting of the South African Association

Abstract

THE fourteenth annual session of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science was held in Maritzburg, the capital of the Province of Natal, on July 3–8, under the presidency of Dr. Lawrence Crawford, professor of mathematics in the South African College, Capetown. The meetings of the sections took place in what used to be the Natal Houses of Parliament, the buildings of which are now the abode of the Natal Provincial Council. On the afternoon of the opening day of the session the president and members of the association were officially welcomed by the Mayor and Corporation of Maritzburg, and in the evening his worship gave a reception in the Town Hall, after which the president took the chair and delivered his address.