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T, Worsnop), at the instance of the City Corporation, acting in 

 concert with the Committee, prepared a Bill last year vesting the 

 Avhole of Government Farm in trustees in perpetuity as a 

 National Park. The measure was entrusted to the charge of the 

 Hon. S. Tomkinson, but was not introduced owing to a technical 

 objection raised by the President. The Committee have, however, 

 at last succeeded in gaining from the Premier (Hon. T. Playford) 

 a promise that a Bill with similar objects will be introduced by 

 the Government during the present session. The board of trustees 

 suggested by the Committee includes one representative each of 

 the Royal Society, the University, and the Municipal Association, 

 the Mayor of Adelaide, the Chairman of the Botanic Board, and 

 the Conservator of Forests ex-officio, and a Government nominee 

 — a total of seven members. 



Forest Reserves. — Last session, on the motion of the Hon. F. 

 KrichaufF, the Upper House decided that all forfeited lands in 

 the Hundred of Para Wirra east of the main road from Mount 

 Crawford to Gumei'acha should be declared a forest reserve. In 

 answer to an enquiry made by the Committee this year, the 

 Commissioner of Crown Lands (Hon. W. CoiDley) has stated that 

 these lands are reserved for the protection of the indigenous fauna 

 and flora. Last year the Council also instructed the Surveyor- 

 General to prepare a report as to other suitable sites for forest 

 reserves. 



Game Laws. — At the next meeting of the Australasian 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, an attempt will be 

 made to secure concerted action in the different provinces with 

 respect to the amendment of the Game Laws. As in previous 

 years, placards notifying the provisions of the Game Act have 

 been distributed throughout the province by direction of the 

 Commissioner of Crown Lands. The Committee desire to thank 

 Mr. Copley for the special attention which he has given to this 

 matter, and to express their pleasure at noticing certain prosecu- 

 tions under the Act. On the motion of Mr. Hancock, the Lower 

 House has affirmed the desirableness of declaring a close season 

 for the kangaroo, and the Government have promised to intro- 

 duce a Bill dealing with the question. The Committee believe 

 that there is a probability of the subject being discussed more 

 reasonably now than it was two years ago. 



In conclusion, the Committee can only again express the hope 

 that all friends of the movement will aid them in gaining the 

 desired end. 



Saml. Dixon, Chairman. 

 A. F. Robin, Hon. Sec. 



Adelaide, September 21, 1891. 



