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chased for the Public Museum. Mr. Turner was not an active 
member, but his sad and sudden death appealed to the sympathy 
of the members generally. 
Proceedings.—At last the connecting links in the printed 
volumes of proceedings have been completed, and now some 
account of each year’s work, since the inception af the Section, 
is recorded in type by the issue of the pamphlet distributed to 
members a few months back. 
Financial.—Owing to the cost of the Conversazione and of 
printing the reports both coming into this financial year, the 
expenditure has been heavier than usual, viz., £20 5s., while the 
subscriptions handed to the Royal Society amount to £17. For 
each of the three preceding years, however, the Section paid 
to the parent Society £5 more than it received in the way of 
grants ; so that the small deficiency this year is more than counter-. 
balanced, without the Government grant being taken at all into 
consideration. 
Membership.—There has been a considerable increase in the 
number of members elected during the year. A few 
of these, however, have not yet gone through the formality of 
paying any subscription, so that they can hardly be considered full 
members at present. Owing to death, removal from the colony, 
or non-payment of subscription, several names have been struck 
off the roll, which now numbers 95. 
Epwin AsHupy, Chairman. 
Adelaide, Sept. 20, 1899. W. H. Setway, Hon. Sec. 
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIVE 
FAUNA AND FLORA PROTECTION COMMITTEE 
OF THE FIELD NATURALISTS’ SECTION OF 
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 
26TH SEPTEMBER, 1899. 
The Committee have met three times in the past year, but 
between the meetings much time has been devoted by some of 
the members to the objects for which they hold office. 
Their attention having been specially directed by some letters 
in the Register, signed ‘Semper Fidelis,” to the destruction of 
trees in the natural forest of Wirrabara, the Secretary was in- 
structed to obtain further particulars; and viewing with alarm 
the information received, the Committee decided to organise a 
deputation to the Government on the subject. More than 100 
circulars were distributed, mentioning the facts that already out 
of our forest reserves 65,000 acres had been let on “ grazing and 
cultivation leases,” containing no reservation of timber, and that 
