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ANNUAL REPORT. 



Tho Council has the pleasure of reporting that the work of the 

 Society has been carried on successfully during the past year. 

 The following papers have been laid before the Society : — " The 

 deep drainage of the City of Adelaide and its influence on the 

 death-rate of the city," by Dr. Jamieson, of Melbourne ; " Reply 

 showing certain fallacies in Dr. Jamieson's paper," by Dr. 

 Whittell ; " List of fungi collected near Lake Bonney by Miss 

 Wehl," by Baron, v. Mueller ; " On the Nomenclature of Austra- 

 lian Fauna," by Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A. ; " Surface features 

 of the District of Nuriootpa," by J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. ; " On 

 the composition of so-called ' Australian Rubies,' " by Prof. 

 Rennie, D.Sc. ; "Description of an automatic River Gauge," by 

 Thos. Parker, C.E. ; " On the Sponges of Australia," by A. Zietz; 

 " List of Snake-lizards in South Australia," by A. Zietz ; " Some 

 new Coccid?e of South Australia," by W. M. Maskell, of New 

 Zealand ; " Description of a new mammal," by E. C. Stirling, 

 M.D. ; " On Australian Coleoptera, with descrij)tions of new 

 species," by Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A. ; "Gastropods of the 

 Older Tertiary of Australia, Part II.," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S.; 

 " Additions to the Lamellibranchiata of South Australia," by 

 Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; "Additions to the Flora of Port Lincoln," 

 by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; " Plants of the Lake Eyre Basin," by 

 Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; " Definitions of new species of Plants," by 

 Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; " A Census of the Molluscan Fauna of 

 Australia," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; "Description of new Genera 

 and Species of Australian Mollusca," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; 

 "Remarks on the Coal-drift on the Murray Flats," by W. 

 Howchin, F.G.S. 



During the year there have been presented to the notice of the 

 Fellows and members many new and interesting exhibits of 

 natural history, chiefly procured by J. G. 0. Tepper, F.L.S. , and 

 A. Zietz. The Council has much pleasure in noticing that an 

 attempt was made during the year to utilise the services of the 

 S.S. " Protector " in dredging some of the deeper portions of the 

 seas adjacent to our coasts. The results were eminently gratify- 

 ing, as shown by some of the rare and unique specimens that have 

 already been exhibited. It was also a matter for congratulation 

 that these dredgings were under the scientific direction of Mr. A. 

 Zietz, assisted by Dr. Stirling, who was fortunately able to ac- 

 company the expedition. Amongst other exhibits may be 

 mentioned a night-lizard {Xephritrus platyunis) by A. Zietz ; 

 Diemenia microlepidota from Sedan, by A. Zietz, being the first 



