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ANNUAL REPORT. 



The 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: — "Notes 

 on some Freshwater Cretaceous Fossils from Central Australia 

 (Lake Eyre)," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; "A revision of the Flora of 

 Kangaroo Island," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; " Foraminifera of the 

 Older Tertiaries of Australia, Part I., Muddy Creek, Victoria," 

 by W. Howchin, F.G.S. ; " The Cyclostomata of South Austra- 

 lia," by A. Zietz ; " On some Outcrops of Granitoid Rocks on the 

 Murray Flats, not hitherto mapped," by W. Howchin, F.G.S. ; 

 " Industrial AjDplications of Dynamo-Electricity," by C. IJmbe- 

 haun ; " Geological Structure and Physical Features of Central 

 Australia," by J. J. East ; " On some South Australian Polyzoa," 

 by P. H. McGillivray, M.R.C.S., F.L.S. ; " Plant-bearing Strata 

 in Central Australia," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; " List of Austra- 

 lian Ustilagina?, with description of a new species," by J. G. O. 

 TejDper, F.L.S. ; "Additions to Australian Characese," by Baron 

 V. Mueller ; " Fragment of a Pentateuchal Roll," by Mr. Penne- 

 father, LL.B. ; " iSTotes on Certain Pores upon the Wings of 

 Dipterous Insects," by F. S. Crawford ; " Gums and Resins of 

 Australian Proteaceas," by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. ; " Notes on 

 Ileterohotrys paradoxa,''' by J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. ; " New Aus- 

 tralian Coleoptera," by Thos. Blackburn, B. A. ; " Definitions of 

 four New Species of Plants," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. ; " Revised 

 Census of South Australian Plants," by Prof. Tate, F.G.S. 



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

 Fellows and members many new and interesting exliibits of 

 natural history, chiefly through the instrumentality of J\Ir. J. G. 

 O. Tepper, F.L.S., and A. Zietz, both of the Adelaide Museum. 



His Excellency the Earl of Kintore has consented to be Vice- 

 Patron. 



The membership of the Society consists of 94 Fellows, eleven 

 Hon. Fellows, seventeen Corresponding Members, and two Asso- 

 ciates. During the year two new Fellows have been elected, and 

 two new Corresponding Members, namely, John Dennant, F.G.S. 

 (Victoria), and P. H. McGillivray, M.R.C.S. (Victoria). No 

 Fellow or member has died during the year, iDut there have been 

 several resignations from varying causes. 



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



