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■Colonies. At another meeting it was mentioned that Major 

 Reinbold, of Germany, was anxious to secure from these shores 

 specimens of minute or parasitic algie, and would be glad of 

 correspondents in this colon}^ 



Exhibits have formed, as usual, a prominent and interesting 

 feature of the evening meetings. Amongst those shown during 

 the year were some rare shells, including Callochiton platessa, and 

 Ephipjjodonta McDoiigalH, from Port Willunga (this being a new 

 locality for these shells). The egg of the Kiwi {Apteryx Bulleri) ; 

 the fossil teeth of Diprotodon australis, found at Fulham, near 

 Adelaide. Many flowering plants from the Port Elliot district, 

 including Claytonia corrig i olacen (new localit}"), and the Alga, 

 NitophyUum caidescens (new species in 1897); pressed plants 

 from Central Australia, besides scale-insects, birds, beetles, moths, 

 butterflies, and marine specimens were amongst the exhibits 

 shown at these meetings. 



At the first evening meeting in 1898 the members 

 of the Section did Mr. W. H. Selway, jr., the 

 honour to present him with a handsome travelling bag as a 

 memento of his services as Honorary Secretary for some years. 



Excursions. — To many members the out-door meetings form 

 the most attractive feature of the Section's operations, and, as we 

 are essentially a Fu'Id Club, this is, perhaps, not to be wondered 

 at. The following is a list of the twelve excursions made during 

 the year : — 



Date. Place. 



1897. 

 Oct. 9 — Montacute. 



" 23 — Aldgate. 



Nov. 15 — Port Noarlunga. 

 Dec. 11 — National Park (Long Gully). 



1898. 

 March 19 — Dredging off Semaphore. 

 April 23 — Dredging Port River. 

 May 14 — Highbury, and Messrs. C. F. Newman ife Sons' 



Nursery, near Houghton. 

 June 20 — (Whole day) Marino. 

 July 23 — (Excursion to Athelstone arranged, but not held 



owing to inclement weather). 

 Aug. 13 — Anstey's Hill and Messrs. Newman's Nursery. 

 Sept. 1— (Whole day) Field's River, via Reynella. 



24— Tea Tree Gully. 

 Of the above the trip to Port Noarlunga was the longest, but 

 the weather then was too hot to render energetic investigations 

 at all agreeable, although geology and conchology received some 

 attention. A new locality was found in the walk down Field's 

 River from Reynella, when a pleasant and instructive day was 

 pent in geological study. The largest attended exccursion 



