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ANNUAL REPORT. 
The Council has to report that the scientific work of the Society 
has been carried on successfully during the past year. Owing to 
unavoidable delay in printing the earlier papers read during the 
past year it was decided to issue the Society's volume in an 
annual instead of a half-yearly form. The Council regrets to 
report that owing to circumstances over which it had no control 
the continuance of the printing of the Elder Exploring Expedi- 
tion volume has been delayed. 
During the past year three new Fellows have been elected, and 
one Fellow has resigned. 
The Council has the melancholy duty of reporting the death of 
two Fellows—Mr. Gregory Board, Metallurgist Port Pirie Smelt- 
ing Works, and Rev. W. R. Fletcher, M.A. 
The membership of the Society consists at the present time of 
11 Hon. Fellows, 75 Fellows, 16 Corresponding Members, and 
1 Associate. 
Three new exchanges with learned Societies and publishers 
have been made, namely, the Annuaire Géologique, the Manches- 
ter Geological Society, and the Department of Agriculture of 
Washington, U.S. 
At the request of several Fellows interested in the molluscan 
fauna the Council has favorably considered the application for 
the formation of a Malacological Section of the Royal Society, 
South Australia, and granted permission for the same. 
During the past year some prominent Fellows of the Society 
have been closely identified with two scientific undertakings in 
the colony. The one was the collection and preservation of the 
diprotodon and other fossil remains from Lake Callabonna, the 
success of which was largely due to the indefatigable energy and 
skill of Mr. A. Zietz, the Assistant Director of the Adelaide 
Museum. The other was the Horn Exploring Expedition, in 
which both Dr. Stirling, F.R.S., and Prof. Tate, F.L.S., were 
leading members. 
