TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS 



REPORT 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY of SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 



VOL. IXIXII. 



For 1896-97. 

 [With Three Plates ] 



EDITED BY PROFESSOR RALPH TATE. 



W. C. RIGBY, 74, KING WILLIAM STREET. 



DECEMBER, 1897. 



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