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specimen known to occur in the Province. Photographs of the 

 moon by D. B. Adamson, this being the first attempt to take 

 them in South Australia. Polytrema miniacea, by W. Howchin, 

 F.G.S. Portions of a new mammal found in Central Australia, 

 by A. Zietz. 



The membership of the Society consists of 120 Fellows, 11 

 Hon. Fellows, 15 Corresponding Members, and two Associates. 



During the year five new Fellows have been elected and one 

 Corresponding Member, W. M. Maskill, F.R.M.S. It is with 

 much regret that your Council has to record the death of one of 

 the most senior Fellows, namely, Mr. David Gall. Although 

 'Mr. Gall did not contribute much that was new to science to the 

 Proceedings of the Society, yet he Avas a Fellow that the Society 

 •could ill afford to lose, for his attendance at the meetings was 

 most regular, and his intelligent and sympathetic appreciation of 

 all pertaining to science made his presence most encouraging to 

 those who had exerted themselves to bring forward objects for 

 description or exhibition. In the promptness and regularity ^vith 

 which Mr. Gall paid his annual subscriptions, it is evident that 

 he looked upon this act as one of the most important pertaining 

 to the duties of a Fellow, recognising the fact that it is only by 

 this means that much costly and invaluable scientific work can 

 be perpetuated in the scientific proceedings of a learned society. 



On this account your Council has viewed with much concern 

 the receipt of numerous resignations of Fellows during the past 

 year, on the plea that distance or other engagements prevented 

 their attendance at the Society's meetings. The absence of these 

 gentlemen from the meetings is regrettable, but it is much more 

 to be deplored that the absence of their subscriptions will mate- 

 rially curtail the usefulness of the Society in recording scientific 

 facts. This action is also the more unfortunate at the present 

 time, when the Association for the Advancement of Science has 

 been started, as Fellowship of one of the learned Societies meant 

 ex officio membership of the Association on the payment of the 

 subscription. 



Your Council has also with much regret to report the loss by 

 resignation of one of your Yice-Presidents, Mr. R. L. Mestayer, 

 C.E., F.R.M.S., his professional duties having caused him to 

 leave the Province. Your Council finds that not only has the 

 Society suffered a loss by his unavoidable departure, but that the 

 management of the affairs of the Society has experienced a depri- 

 vation in losing his uniformly sound and intelligent advice. 



The reports of the two Sections of the Society, namely, the 

 Field ISTaturalist and Microscopical Sections, show that they con- 

 tinue to thrive and to do excellent work preparatory to under- 

 taking more arduous scientific labours, and are thus enabling 



