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Ordinary Meeting, September 7, 1897. 



Walter Howchin, F.G.S. (President), in the chair. 



Exhibits. — J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., showed roots of the apple- 

 tree affected with Schizoneura lanigera. W. Howchin, F.G.S. , 

 exhibited a portion of rock obtained from near Sellick's Hill, 

 S.A., containing Cambrian corals. W. H. Selway laid on the 

 table orchids from between Middleton and Goolwa, which he 

 considered very early. A Zietz, F.L.S., Assistant-Director of 

 ♦S.A. Museum, exhibited the completely restored fore and hind 

 left feet of Diprotodon, and contrasted them with those of such 

 living marsupials as the wombat, kangaroo, native bear, and 

 opossum. 



Ballot. — J. H. Browne was elected a Fellow. 



Paper. — " On a New Atriplex from South Australia," by J. 

 H. Maiden, F.L.S, 



Annual Meeting, October 5, 1897. 



Walter Howchin, F.G.S. (President), in the chair. 



Exhibits. — Botanical and entomological specimens were 

 exhibited by Messrs. Edwin Ashby and J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. 



Annual Report and Balance-sheet were read and adopted. 



Election of Council. — President, W. L. Cleland, M.B. ; 

 Vice-Presidents, Prof. Tate, F.G.S., and Walter Howchin, F.G.S.; 

 Hon. Treasurer, Walter Butt, C.E. ; Hon. Secretary, G. G. 

 Mayo, C.E. ; Members of Council, Prof. Rennie, D.Sc, E. C. 

 Stirling, M.D., F.R.S., Rev. Thomas Blackburn, B.A., S. Dixon, 

 J. S. Lloyd, and W. H. Selway. 



Election of Auditor. — D. J. Adcock was elected Auditor 

 for the ensuing year. 



Paper. — " New Genera and Species of Australian Coleoptera," 

 by Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A. 



Presidential Address. — " On Recent Investigations on the 

 Foraminifera," by Walter Howchin, F.G.S. 



