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APPENDICES. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION 



OF THE 



^ogalgocktg of (South ^U0tralm. 



FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 COMMITTEE, 



Being for the Year Ending September 30, 1898. 



Evening Meetings. — Eight evening meetings have been held, 

 at which papers or lectures have been given as under : — 



1897. 

 Oct. 19 — " Seven Hundred Miles through Western Australia," 



Mr. S. Smeaton, B.A. 

 Nov. 16—" The Sun as the Sole Support of all Terrestrial Life," 



Mr. J. G. 0. Tepper, F.L.S. 

 1898. 

 April 19 — Meetings of the Science Congress at Sydney, held 



January, 1898— Mr. M. S. Clark, Mr. S. Smeaton, 



B.A., Mr. W. H Selway, jun. 

 May 17 — Meetings of the Science Congress at Sydney, held 



January, 1898— Mr. W. H. Seluay, jun. '^ The 



Influence of Vegetation on Climate and the Rain- 

 fall," Mr. J. G. 0. Tepper, F.L.S. 

 June 21 — " How Animals elude their Enemies," Mr. S. 



Smeaton, B.A. 

 July 19 — " An Appeal for Scientific Workers on the Coleo- 



ptera," Rev. T. Blackburn, B.A. 

 Aug. 16 — "The Origin, Growth, and Decline of Mountain 



Ranges," Mr. W. Howchin, F.G.S. 

 Sept. 20 — " Annual Meeting, Chairman's Address, Mr. M. 



Symonds Clark. 

 From this list it will be seen that the addresses have covered 

 perhaps a wider range even than usual. It is hoped that the 

 Rev. T. Blackburn's appeal for scientific workers in the Coleop- 

 tera will meet with some response, as there are so few engaged 

 in this important branch of Natural History in the Australian 



