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APPENDICES, 



FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION 



OF THE 



^0gal §ocktg of (South Australia. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Committee have pleasure in submitting their eighth 

 Annual Report, being for the year ending 30th September, 

 1891. 



Evening Meetings. — Nine evening meetings have been held 

 during the year, at which ten papers have been read. The 

 average attendance again shows an improvement on that of the 

 previous year. The largest number present at an ordinary 

 meeting was 40, whilst at the annual conversazione in October 

 last, about 120 persons attended. With each year of the 

 Section's growth the difficulty increases of obtaining papers 

 without falling back on the same contributors, owing to the 

 limited number of those able or willing to assist in this direction. 

 We have been fortunate, however, in the year under review in 

 obtaining papers on a great variety of subjects, some of wliich 

 have been contributed by gentleman not members of the Section, 

 whose lectures have proved unusually interesting and instructive, 

 and whose help has been greatly appreciated. The following 

 gentlemen have given either lectures or papers during the year, 

 viz.. Professor E. H. Rennie, D.Sc, Rev. T. Blackburn, B.A., 

 Messrs. W. C. Grasby, D. B. Adamson, J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., 

 S. Dixon, F. C. Earp, Pli.D., F.C.S., and J. G. McDougall (cor- 

 responding member). Your Committee were pleased to receive a 

 paper from a corresponding member, and hope that others will 

 in this way give the Section the benelit of their local observa- 

 tions, as much valuable information may be gained by this means. 

 The subjects of the papers read during the year may be classified 

 as follows : — Astronomy, 1 ; chemistry, 2 ; geology and mineralogy 

 1 ; botany, 1 ; zoology, 1 ; and general subjects (tourists' observa- 

 tions, etc.), 4. The exhibits have, as usual, formed an interesting- 

 feature at these meetings. For many of the specimens the 

 Section is indebted to our corresponding members, from wliom it 

 is hoped that a still larger number of contributions will be re- 



