361 



1906. 



Jan. 27. Outer Harbour, and dredging in the Port River. 



Feb. 10. Outer Harbour and dredging in the Port River. 



May 19. Railway Viaducts. 



June 1^. Pine Forest, Plympton. 



June 16. Black Hill, Athelstone. 



July 14. Slape's Gully. 



July 28. Fifth Creek, Black Hill. 



August 18. Fourth Creek, Morialta. 



Sept. 1, 2, 3. Port Willunga, three-days' excursion. 



The attendance at the excursions has been above the 

 average of previous years, although the weather has on 

 several occasions been uninviting. The work at the excur- 

 sions ha-s been recorded in the press reports. Field Work 

 is where the constitution of the Society demands that we 

 should be strongest, and there is no doubt that in the field a 

 good deal of private collecting and observation goes on that 

 dees not appear in the reports. The Society is under obliga- 

 tion to friends who afforded hospitality and permission to 

 visit their properties. The exhibits gathered during the ex- 

 cursions and collected by members have been of the usual 

 interesting and instructive character. 



Eleven new members were elected, bringing the mem- 

 bership up to 104. 



The balance-sheet presented shows a balance of 3s. 3d. to 

 credit in the General Fund, and of £4 14s. 7d. in the Excur> 

 sion Fund. The unusual balance in this account accrued 

 through the popularity of two dredging trips. 



R. S. Rogers. Chairman. 

 E. H. Lock, Hon. Sec. 



EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIVE 



FAUNA AND FLORA PROTECTION CO:\rMITTEE 



OF THE FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, FOR 



THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER, 1906. 



The Committee's last report referred to their letter to 



the Commissioner of Crown Lands regarding the destruction 



of penguins and mutton birds and other petrels. In October 



last the following communication was received in reply : — ''The 



Hon. Commissioner directs me to inform you that he has. 



as suggested by you, asked the keepers of lighthouses to 



endeavour to have the provisions of the Birds Protection 



Act, 1900, enforced in their respective localities, to prevent 



the destruction of penguins, mutton birds, and other petrels." 



