REALE ISTITUTO ORIENTALE IN NAPOLI, NAPOLI. Amharico Tigriña UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. Professore Francesco Gallina, Assis- UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, Johannesburg. Department of Bantu Studies. Bantu philology, Phonetics, and Zulu Sesuto Dr. C. M. Doke. Rev. R. Ellenberger. The Department publishes Bantu Studies, a journal devoted to the scientific study of Bantu, Hottentot, and Bushman. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, SCHOOL OF AFRICAN LIFE AND LANGUAGES. Introduction to study of Hamitic and Sudan Languages. SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE COLLEGE, Fort Hare, Cape Province. TRANSVAAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, Pretoria. Courses in preparation for Higher and Lower Diplomas in Bantu studies. This includes instruction in Zulu, Sesuto, and Bantu philology. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF MISSIONS, Hartford, Conn. South African Bantu Languages Professor Willoughby. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS M GEORGES HARDY, ancien directeur de l'Enseignement en Afrique occidentale française, ancien directeur général de l'Enseignement du Protectorat marocain, actuellement directeur de l'École coloniale de Paris, a écrit d'importants travaux d'histoire et de géographie sur les Colonies françaises d'Afrique et sur le Maroc. Mr. E. Torday, whose published work on ethnological subjects is well known, spent ten years in the Belgian Congo, and was the leader of an expedition sent out by the British Museum to study the ethnography of the Kasai basin and collect specimens. The results of his researches were published in collaboration with Capt. T. A. Joyce by the Belgian Congo Museum at Tervueren. Mr. I. Schapera, who is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, is at present lecturing on ethnology at the London School of Economics. He has contributed articles on anthropological subjects to the forthcoming edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He represents the University of Cape Town on the Governing Body of the Institute. Professor Diedrich Westermann holds the Chair of African Languages at the University of Berlin. He is one of the Directors of the Institute and edits this Journal. At present he is, at the request of the Sudan Government, attending a language conference at Rejaf, Mongalla Province, as expert adviser. Dr. E. von Sydow of Berlin is an expert on exotic art and is the author of numerous books on this subject. Professor Carl Meinhof, D.D., who was also a contributor to our first number, is Professor of African Languages at Hamburg University and is Director of the Seminar für Afrikanische und Südseesprachen at that University. He will shortly be returning from South Africa, where he has been lecturing at the Universities. Professor Daniel Jones is University Professor of Phonetics and Head of the Department of Phonetics, University College, London. M. Henri Labouret, administrateur des Colonies, qui a séjourné de longues années en Afrique occidentale française, est un des directeurs de l'Institut. Il a succédé au regretté Professeur Delafosse dans les deux chaires que celui-ci occupait comme titulaire à l'École coloniale et à l'École des langues orientales à Paris. Professor Alice Werner, D.Litt. (London), sometime Scholar and Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, is Professor of Swahili and Bantu Languages at the School of Oriental Studies of London University, and is wellknown as an authority on Bantu languages. Mr. Hanns Vischer, Secretary General of the Institute, was for many years Director of Education in Northern Nigeria, and is now member and Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Native Education in Tropical Africa at the British Colonial Office. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH PRE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HELD AT THE PALAIS DES ACADÉMIES, BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER 24 AND 25, 1927. RESENT: Lord Lugard (in the Chair), Rev. Father Dubois, Professor Lévy-Bruhl, Mr. J. H. Oldham, Sir E. Denison Ross, Professor Schachtzabel, Rev. Father Schebesta, Professor Seligman, Rev. E. W. Smith, Professor Van der Kerken, Professor Westermann (Director), Monsieur H. Labouret (Director), Mr. H. Vischer (Secretary General), Miss D. G. Brackett (Secretary). Monsieur Jaspar, Belgian Prime Minister and Minister for the Colonies, welcomed the delegates to Brussels. He said that he believed the work which the Institute was undertaking would be of the greatest value for Africa as a thorough knowledge of the mentality, institutions, and customs of the Natives was essential for successful colonial government. Monsieur Labouret, in the name of the Council, thanked the Prime Minister and expressed regret that the Chairman, Lord Lugard, had been delayed on the journey and had not arrived in time to be present. On the proposal of Mr. Vischer, seconded by Professor Seligman, Professor Lévy-Bruhl took the chair. Regrets for absence were received from Monsieur Julien, Professor Meinhof, Rev. Father Schmidt, Sir Humphrey Leggett (Hon. Treasurer). The minutes of the previous meeting were passed. At this point Lord Lugard and Mr. J. H. Oldham arrived and Professor Lévy-Bruhl vacated the chair. MEMBERSHIP OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. The Chairman welcomed Professor Schachtzabel on behalf of the Council. A letter was read from Professor Werner tendering her resignation owing to pressure of other work. The Council received this intimation with great regret and decided to place on record their appreciation of Professor Werner's work. The Council proceeded to the election of a member in place of Professor Werner and Sir E. Denison Ross, Director of the School of Oriental Studies of London University, was unanimously elected. Sir E. Denison Ross then took his seat at the table. MEMBERSHIP OF GOVERNING BODY. The Secretary General reported that since the last meeting the following societies had appointed representatives on the Governing Body: Seminar für Aegyptologie und Afrikanistik, Vienna, Dr. Wilhelm Czermak; University of Cape Town, Mr. I. Schapera. Father Dubois reported that he had organized the congregations working in Africa into a Conférence des Missions Catholiques en Afrique in Rome. The Conference would be represented on the Governing Body by the Rev. Father Dubois and the Rev. Fathers Caysac, Guilcher, and Tauzin, who had replaced the Rev. Fathers Bouniol and Mouren. The Chairman heartily congratulated Father Dubois on the success which he had achieved. On the proposal of Father Dubois it was agreed that the Université Catholique de Lille, the Université Catholique de Louvain, and the Geographical Society of Madrid should be invited to join the Governing Body. ELECTION OF MEMBERS. A list of 149 applications for membership was submitted. The Executive Council had pleasure in welcoming them all to membership. The question of the appointment of honorary members was considered, but was deferred sine die. It was decided that a list of members of the Institute and of subscribers should be published. FINANCE. The accounts for the financial year ending June 30, 1927, were presented and it was noted that the total receipts had amounted to £3,308 55. 7d., and expenditure to £1,930 15. Id., leaving a balance of £1,378 45. 6d. to be carried forward. The following resolution was moved from the chair and carried unanimously: That the Executive Council desires to record its appreciation of the work of Messrs. Mann, Judd, Gordon & Co., Hon. Auditors, on behalf of the Institute and instructs the Secretary to convey the thanks of the Council to them. A financial statement showing the revenue and estimated expenditure to December 31, 1927, was considered, together with estimates for the period January 1 to June 30, 1928, showing an estimated balance at the end of the financial year, June 30, 1928, of £451 135. 7d. The Chairman said that in his opinion the balance sheet might be regarded as satisfactory for the first year, but he desired to draw attention to the fact that the subscriptions received or promised were chiefly from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation, from Governments, and from missionary societies, and he urged the members of the Council to endeavour to obtain substantial financial support in their different countries from commercial firms having interests in Africa. The members of the Council reported on action taken by them in their respective countries in regard to obtaining financial support for the Institute. It was agreed that at the next meeting of the Council special consideration should be given to the steps to be taken to obtain continued |