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THE report of the Council of the British Association for 1927–28 refers to the meeting to be held in South Africa next year. Mr. O. J. R. Howarth, secretary of the Association, has recently visited South Africa and conferred with the authorities there, with the result that the following provisional arrangements have been made:—CAPE TOWN, July 22–July 28–29. Inaugural meeting, July 22, at which it is proposed that the president of the South African Association should address the meeting first, and that the new president of the British Association, Sir Thomas Holland, should then be installed, and reply. Sectional meetings, mornings only, July 23–26. Evening discourse, public lectures, excursions, etc. Call at Kimberley, July 29–30. JOHANNESBURG, July 30–31–Aug. 4. Presidential Address, July 31. Sectional meetings, mornings only, July 31–August 3, and other arrangements as above. PRETORIA—Sectional transactions, etc., as appropriate in connexion with the co-operating congresses; continuing to Aug. 7. After the meetings, extended tours through the Union, to Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, Lourenco Marques, etc., as to which members will be afforded opportunity to indicate their preference.