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 ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Council reported that the scientific work of the Society 

 had been steadily carried on during the year. Part 1 of vol. 

 XXII was ready for distribution in August. 



Prof. Tate, F.G.S had been engaged in making a revision of 

 the Australian Cyclostremidae and Liotiidae, and had also made 

 independent observations of the Calcareous Biscuits from the 

 South-Eastern district of tlie colony. W. Howchin, F.G.S. , had 

 discovered further traces of glacial action in Hindmarsh Valley, 

 and a Trilobite from Yorke's Peninsula, which R. Etheridge, jun., 

 of Sydney, has described as Ptychoparia Howchini. 



Valuable papers have been contributed during the year by 

 Prof. Tate, F.G.S., Dr. Verco, Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A., the 

 late W. M. Maskell, J . H. Maiden, Dr. A. J. Turner, and J. G. 

 O. Tepper. 



Exchanges of publications have been accepted with various 

 scientific bodies. The Council have to report the death of a 

 corresponding member, W. M. Maskell, the late Registrar of the 

 University of New Zealand, who had shortly before his lamented 

 death forwarded a valuable paper to the Society. 



A movement has been initiated by Prof. Stirling for obtaining 

 the support of the various Colonial Governments and learned 

 societies in an organized attempt to collect and preserve all 

 ethnological and anthropological information relative to the 

 aborigines of Australia. 



During the year J. H. Maiden, Director of the Botanic Garden, 

 Sydney, and E. Meyrick w^ere elected Honorary Fellows. 



The membership of the Society is as follows: — 10 Hon. 

 Fellows, 9 Corresponding Members, 70 Fellows, 1 Associate. 



Early in the year Mr. Sam. Dixon initiated a discussion on 

 the advisability of securing the dissemination of reliable infor- 

 mation respecting the insectivorous birds and useful insects of 

 South Australia. After discussing the matter at several meetings, 

 a Sub-Committee, consisting of the President, Prof. Tate, Messrs. 

 S. Dixon, J. G. 0. Tepper, and W. C. Grasby, was appointed to 

 take such steps as they considered necessary. The Committee in- 

 vited the co-operation of the Royal Geographical Society, Royal 

 Agricultural Society, the Zoological Society, and the Agricul- 

 tural Bureau. All these Societies decided to assist in attaining 

 the objects of the Sub-Committee, and a meeting of the repre- 

 sentatives was held at the University, when it was decided to 

 wait on the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture and Education. 



The Minister promised to make enquiries and decide what 

 action the Government would take. No official reply has yet 

 been received. 



