THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Annual Meeting, held on September 26, 1922, wis well at- 

 tended. The following reports were read and confirmed: — 



1. The General Report of the Committee, which is published 

 herewith, and will be also published in the Proceedings of the Royal 

 Society. 



2. The Librarian's Report. 



3. The Report of the Fauna and Flora Protection Committee. 



4. The Treasurer's Statement. 



The office bearers for the next year were elected as follows:-- 



Chairman: Mr. William Ham, F.R.E.S. 



Vice-chairmen: Prof. J. B. Cleland, M.D., Mr. E. S. Hughes. 



Hon. Treasurer: Mr. B. B. Beck. 



Hon. Secretary: Mr. E. H. Ising, Loco. Dept., Islington. 



Hon. Assistant Secretary: Miss E. Ireland. 



Librarian: Miss I. Roberts. 



Press Correspondent: Mr. D. J. McNamara. 



Hon. Excursion Secretary: Mr. A. J. Morison, Town Hall, Adelaide. 



Committee : 



Dr. C. Fenner, F.G.S., Messrs. J. F. Bailey, W. H. Selway, A. H. 



Elston, F.E.S., W. J. Kimber, S. W. Jackman, Mr. W. Champion 



Hackett, F.R.H.S., Miss Roeger, the Chairman, and Secretary of the 



Flora and Fauna Committee. 



Hon. Auditors: Messrs. W. D. Reed, F.C.P.A., and A. J. Morison. 



Fauna and Flora Protection Committee: 



Capt. S. A. White, C.M.B.O.U., Dr. C. Fenner, F.G.S., Prof. J. B. 



Cleland, M.D., Prof. F. Wood Tones, D.Sc, Messrs. E. Ashby, W. 



H. Selway, J. M. Black, J. F. Bailey, A. H. Elston, F.E.S., A. M. 



Lea, F.E.S., F. Angel, W. Champion Hackett, F.R.H.S., B. B. Beck, 



J. Neil McGilp, A. J. Morison, and J. Sutton, Mrs. W. Champioa 



Hackett, and Miss C. A. Benda. 



"The South Australian Naturalist:'* 



Editor: Mr. Wm. Ham. Address: The University, Adelaide. 



Business Conomittee: Miss Roeger, Mrs. Day, and Mr. J. Sutton. 



Following on the election the Chairman delivered a short address, 

 which appears in another page. 



Cordial votes of thanks were passed to the Officers for the year. 

 The meeting also considered arrangements for the Flower Show. 



Exhibits v/ere tabled by the following members: — 

 Mr. W. J. Kimber — Fossils, sponges, anH seaweeds. 

 Mr. J. J. Alexander — Cotton pod grown at Berri (River Murray). 

 Mr. E. H. Ising — Orchid, Diuris palachila, from Mount Torrens. 



EXCHANGES. 



I. "The Victorian Naturalist, for November, 1922. This 

 number contains an interesting account of the Victorian Wild 

 Flower Show held on Tuesday, October 3. We note that the 

 Society was able to show a large variety of native flowers 

 grown under cultivation in gardens. They included especially 

 everlastings and boronia. We should be glad to hear of 

 members of our own Section making experiments of this kind. 



There is also a very readable article by Mr. J. W. Audas, 

 of the National Herbarium, Melbourne, entitled **A Circuit 

 of the Grampians.*' 



