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The longest of these excursions were those to Hack’s Bridge and 
Gawler, both of which were revisited after a lapse of some years. 
That to Gawler introduced the members to many plants not seen 
nearer Adelaide. Although most of the names of the other 
localities are familiar, the excursions have been to different por- 
tions of those places or at other times of the year. One of the 
most pleasant was that to Upper Sturt, via National Park, and 
back by way of Crafers, when the members were indebted to the 
hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Symon. The summit of Mt. 
Lofty was visited on April lst, when Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sells 
entertained the members. A visit to “ Holmfirth,” Fulham, by 
invitation of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mellor, gave a much enjoyed 
outing at a time of the year when it is dificult to find suitable 
localities for excursions. Blackwood was visited earlier in the 
season than usual, under the guidance of Mr. T. C. A. Magarey, 
to whom, as well as to Mrs. Magarey, the Section is under obliga- 
tion. One dredging trip was arranged, and a visit to the Museum 
of Economic Botany was not the least profitable of the out-door 
meetings. The excursions have been the means of enriching the 
members’ collections, but, as is to be expected, it seldom happens 
that any absolutely new discovery is made. 
Fauna and Flora Protection Committee.—The report from this 
Committee shows that the questions cf the preservation of our 
forests and a new Birds Protection Bill have been the most im- 
portant subjects dealt with by it during the past year. 
Boys’ Field Club.—During the year the question of combining 
in some way with this club was brought forward, and a sub- 
committee from each Society drew up resolutions which met with 
acceptance, and now the junior club has the privilege of holding 
its meetings in the Royal Society’s room, and of attending the 
meetings of this Section, while it is hoped that the latter will 
benefit by an acquisition to its membership of those who, to some 
extent, are thus being prepared for it. 
Obituary.—We have lost the unusual number of four members 
by death during the year, three of them in the same month 
(March, 1899), viz., Miss Jessie L. Hussey, Mr. E. F. Turner, 
and Mr. E. Guest, whilst later in the year one of our oldest 
members (Dr. Whittell) passed away. Dr. Whittell occupied the 
chair at the inaugural meeting of the Section on November 7, 
1883, when Professor Tate delivered a lecture explaining its 
objects. Miss Hussey was one of our most active and 
enthusiastic workers, and her death was a great loss, not only to 
the Section, but to numerous scientific correspondents in various 
parts of the world. Mr. Guest was specially interested in 
entomology, and this Section recently passed a resolution in 
favour of his valuable collection of Microlepidoptera being pur- 
