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South Australian Naturalist. 



General Notes. 



With this, the hrst publication of our Journal, the Soiit i Austrc- 

 han Field Naturalists have realised a desire long present am ng the 

 members. The Club has now been established for 36 years, and tie 

 necessity has been felt for some means of expressing the voice and 

 opinions of the Club, and, more particularly, for publishing such 

 matters of natural science as have been specially investigated or 

 recorded by members. There are many potential workers in the CI :1) 

 whose efforts have not so far been recorded because of the lack of 

 such a publication as this. Such members are specialh^ referred lo 

 two papers in this issue: that by Mr. Edquist is a good example of 

 the simple record of a new and interesting observation, while Mr. 

 Elston's note is the type of systematic locality work that might be 

 done with insects, plants, seaweeds, shells, fossils, &c. Such work is 

 most valuable, and should later lead to an increase in the numbers 

 of those who are qualified to contribute worthy articles to the Journal 

 of our parent body — the Royal Society of South Australia. 



A suggestion has been made by Mr, D. J, Macnamara for an 

 extension of 'the Club's activities to the country centres. This m'ght 

 be done, as proposed, by means of an organised series of lectures. 

 Certainly the matter is worth considering, for we are aware of nume- 

 rous enthusiastic Field Naturalists throughout this State in our 

 country districts. It should be possible, now that we have our 

 Journal, to arrange conditions for country members that would be 

 mutually advantageous to the Club and to the individual Natura- 

 lists concerned. 



The Native Fauna and Flora Protection Committee presented a 



hue record of achievement in their last report; this will be published 

 in our next issue. 



