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Report of the Council for 1880-1 



At tlie close of this tlie first year of tlie Society's existence 

 under its present title the Council are happy to be able to 

 state that the work of collecting and recording scientific facts 

 has been vigorously carried on, as will be seen on a perusal of 

 the following list of papers which have been submitted to the 

 notice of the Fellows :— By Professor E. Tate, F.G-.S.— 

 "Geology about AVellington ;" "Mosses, &c., of South Aus- 

 tralia;" " Greology about Port Wakefield;" " G-eological, 

 Mineralogical, and Botanical Is otes on Country about Franklin 

 Harbour ;" " Geographical Eelations of the Pulmouiferous 

 Snails of Victoria ;" " Descriptions of new species of Australian 

 Mollusca ;" " Supplement to Census of South Australian 

 Plants." By C. A. Wilson — "Notes upon Wallace's 'Island 

 Life ;' " " Eiatomological Notes." By J. G. 0. Tepper, E.L.S. 

 — "The Propagation of Cymodocea" and " Further Notes on 

 the Same ;" " The Potato' Moth;" " Butterflies of South Aus- 

 tralia ;" " Geological and Physical History of the Hundred of 

 Cunningham." By Walter Eutt — "Well-boring at Port 

 Wakefield." By G. D. Scoular — " Geology about Saddle- 

 worth." By G. L. Debney — " Phvsical Features of the Country 

 East of Lake Eyre." By Charles Todd, C.M.G., F.E.A.S.— 

 "The Comet of 1881." By W. H. Gaze, M.D.—" Notes on 

 some South Australian Lepidoptera." By D. C. F. Moodie — 

 " Notes on the Ethonology of the Zulus." By Paul Foelsche 

 — " The Aborigines of Northern Australia." By T. C. Cloud, 

 F.C.S. — " Mineralogical and Chemical Notes from the Labora- 

 tory of the Wallaroo Smelting Works." By Stirling Smeaton, 

 B.A. — ■' Descriptions of New South Australian Plants." By 

 S. E. Holder — " Descriptions of South Australian Staphy- 

 linidae." By Baron F. von Mueller — " Descriptions of New 

 Species of Plants." The interest of the meetings has been 

 increased by numerous exhibits of natural history specimens 

 and other objects worthy of scientific notice. For some of 

 these the Society is indebted to the courtesy of the Governors 

 of the South Australian Institute, who have placed upon the 

 table the most noteworthy donations to the Institute Museum ; 

 but the larger portion has been forwarded through the Natural 

 Science Director by Fellows and Corresponding Members and 

 other persons interested in scientific pursuits. It is, however, 

 to be hoped that a greater number will take advantage of the 

 facilities offered by the Natural Science correspondence depart- 



