MICROSCOPICAL SECTION 



OF THE 



l&oml SocutD 0f Soutlj liustralta (|nrorporatBb) 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1905-6. 



Chairman — Mr, W. Fuller. 



Committee — Messrs. D. Fleming, D. Mawson, B.E., 

 B.Sc, D. Gordon. 



Hon. Secretary. — Mr. E. J. Bradley, Dover Street, 

 Malvern. 



Minute Secretary — Mr. H. A. Whitehill. 



Auditors — Messrs. T. Godlee, S. Smeaton, B.A. 



The present month, September, 1906, marks the comple- 

 tion of the third session of the Section since its resuscita- 

 tion in 1903. The interest and attendance of the mem- 

 bers during the year have been well maintained, the average 

 attendance at all engagements held in the Royal Society's 

 rooms being seventeen, with a total membership at present 

 of 50. Only one resignation was received during the year, 

 whilst seven new members have been elected. Marked pro- 

 gress has been made in several directions, mainly through 

 several members having devoted their energies to special 

 lines of investigation, whilst the initiation by the Section of 

 a movement for securing an epidiscope, for the use of the 

 various societies affiliated with the Royal Society, the Society 

 of Arts, the Royal Geographical and other Societies, is parti- 

 cularly noteworthy. The value of this instrument as an edu- 

 cational medium and means by which a more general inter- 

 est may be aroused in the work of the various scientific and 

 art societies can scarcely be over-estimated. 



The class for the Study of Microscopic Technique, held 

 at the Adelaide University, continues to do good work in 

 affording opportunity of acquiring up-to-date knowledge in 

 anatomy, biology, and the art of manipulation of objects of 

 microscopical interest. 



