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APPENDICES. 

 FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION 



OF THE 



glogal S-orittg 0f Sout^ liustralia (|iu0rporahb)< 



TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



COMMITTEE 



For the Year Ended September, 1908. 



Your Committee reports with much gratification that 

 this Section of the Royal Society has completed twenty-five 

 years of its existence. When the Section had attained its 

 majority a celebration was held to commemorate the event, 

 and a resume of its history was given by Mr. W. H. Selway, 

 who had held the ofiice of Secretary for nearly the whole of 

 the time. Now that the Section has attained to a quarter 

 of a century of years a period has been reached which de- 

 serves special mention as a record, not merely in matter of 

 time, but also because during the past four years the mem- 

 bership has increased to nearly double the active field 

 workers. Also, during that time some of the members have 

 distinguished themselves by special work in scientific circles, 

 and their association with the Section has added much to its 

 prestige. All branches of natural history have their de- 

 votees, and while the departments of geology, entomology, 

 and ornithology have workers, the popular branch of botany 

 still claims the largest number of supporters. 



Evening Meetings. 



At the evening meetings, which have been well attended, 

 notes of travel have been given by members who had the 

 opportunity during the year of visiting New South Wales, 

 Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia, while extended 

 tours have been taken in our own State covering portions of 

 the Barossa Ranges, the Murray Flats, Mount Lofty Ranges, 

 and other places of local interest. 



Special subjects have been dealt with by Mr. Stirling 

 Smeaton, B.A., on ''Mutual Aid in the Animal Kingdom," 

 by Dr. Angas Johnson on ''Microbes," by Mr. J. M. Black 



