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ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Council has to report that a variety of new matter 

 relating to mollusca, ccelenterata, insecta, marsupialia, anthro- 

 pology, botany and geology has been brought under the notice 

 of the Fellows and Members during the past year. Amongst 

 the most noteworthy is the discovery of Radiolaria and Lower 

 Cambrian fossils in new localities for the Province. The exhi- 

 bition of the restored fore and hind left feet of Diprotodon at 

 the September Meeting is an event which is unique in the history 

 of science ; and that it was possible, is largely due to the 

 technical skill of the Assistant Director of the Adelaide Museum, 

 A. H. L. Zietz, F.L.S., who was able to preserve the extremely 

 brittle remains found at Lake Callabonna, South Australia. 



During the past year two gentlemen were elected Hon. 

 Fellows on account of the distinguished services which they had 

 rendered to science through the Society. They were Prof. T. W. 

 E. David, B.A., of the Sydney University, and John Dennant, 

 F.G.S., of the Education Department, Victoria. Four new 

 Fellows have been elected, and seven removed by death or other- 

 wise. The Society consists now of 12 Hon. Fellows, 71 Fellows, 

 13 Corresponding Members, and 1 Associate. 



The obituary includes the name of an Hon. Fellow, Baron F. 

 von Muller, whose death has occasioned a loss which it will be 

 difficult to fill, not only to Australian workers, but to the 

 scientific world generally. At the proper time and place this 

 Society will hope to co-operate with Australian learned societies 

 in raising to his memory some fitting memorials. Another Hon. 

 Fellow has also died, namely, Sir W. F. D. Jervois, K.C.M.G., 

 L.B., <fcc, ex-Governor of South Australia. In the death of Sir 

 Thomas Elder, K.C. M.G., science and art have lost a generous 

 benefactor and this Society a Fellow. Volume XVI. of the 

 Society's Transactions will remain a memorial of the scientific 

 results of one of the expeditions fitted out to explore Central 

 Australia at his expense. 



Whilst the principal attention of the Society has naturally been 

 devoted to the receiving and recording of new scientific facts, 

 other matters relating to the economic application of science 

 have not been neglected. A Sub-Committee of the Council was 

 appointed to ascertain the best methods of disseminating infor- 

 mation respecting local predatory insects and insectivorous birds. 

 This important matter has received very careful consideration, 



