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ANNUAL REPORT. 



October 21, 1902. . , 



The Council has to report that the leading feature of the 

 year's work has been entomological, the principal contributors 

 being the Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A. ; Dr. Jefferis Turner^ 

 of Brisbane ; Oswald Lower, F.E.S., Lond., of Broken Hill ;. 

 and E. T. Meyrick, B.A,. now in England. 



Vol. xxvi., Part I., of the Transactions was published in June 

 last. Being a small number, it has only been issued to 

 Fellows and members. When Part II. of this voliune is 

 ready for publication it will be bound up with Part L, and 

 distributed to the various scientific bodies which I'eceive the 

 Transactions. 



A valuable work on the "Cretaceous Fossils of South Aus- 

 tralia and the Northern Territory/"' by Robt. Etheridge, of 

 the Museum, Sydney, will shortly be published as one of th& 

 series of Memoirs. 



The Malacological Section is now engaged in systematically 

 revising the nomenclature of the South Australian mollusca 

 belonging to the class Pelecypoda. 



Two committees have been appointed — one to enquire into- 

 the whole question of the library and its arrangement ; the 

 other committee to examine and report upon the distribution o-f 

 the Proceedings and Transactions. 



With a view of extending the sphere of usefulness of the 

 Society and increasing its value to the community, steps aare 

 being taken to form it into a corporate body and to establish 

 a Research and Endowment Fund. By these means the 

 Royal Society will be enabled to hold property for the purpose 

 of encouraging scientific work among all cla!sses of the com- 

 munity, and so assist in developing the resources of the 

 State. 



The Council emphatically endorses the sentiment of Mr. 

 Samuel Dixon when proposing the motion for incorporation 

 when he said that ''it is now generally recognised that only 

 by the cultivation of the spirit of scientific research can com- 

 munities prosper at the present day.'' 



During the past year six Fellows have been added to our 

 numbers, whilst three have resigned and two have died. The 

 membership now is 11 Hon. Fellows, 65 Fellows, 7 Corre- 

 sponding Members, and 2 Associates. 



