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June 16. — Papers on Easter Tours, by Mr. J. G. O. 

 Tepper, F.L.S. ; "Barossa," Mr. J. W. Mellor ; ''Murray 

 Bridge," Messrs. H. H. D. Griffith and W. H. Selway. 



July 21 — Paper, Mr. J. McC. Black, 'Some Noxious and 

 Other Introduced Plants." 



August 18. — Mr. R. E. Stanley, "Basic Principles of 

 Rock Classification." 



Excursions. 



October 12, 1907, Gaudy's Gully: October 26, National 

 Park, Belair ; November 9, 10, and 11, Kangarilla : Novem- 

 ber 30, Bridgewater ; December 14, Summertown ; February 

 15, 1908, Outer Harbour: April 16, Easter Excursion to 

 Mount Lofty : May 16, Blackwood : May 30, Largs Bay ; 

 June 20, National Park, Belair: July 18, Brighton: August 

 15, Stonyfell : September 12, Golden Grove. 



J. McC. Black, Chairman. 



E. H. Lock, Hon. Secretary. 



September 22, 1908. 



TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIVE 

 FAUNA AND FLORA PROTECTION COMMITTEE 

 OF THE FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION OF THE 

 ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA FOR 

 THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER, 1908. 



The Kangaroo Island Reserve. 



In the Gazette of December 26, 1907, was published a 

 proclamation setting apart the Cape Borda Lighthouse 

 Reserve of about 67 square miles for lighthouse purposes, 

 and also for the purpose of the protection and preservation 

 of the fauna and flora. 



On January 11, 1908, several gentlemen waited upon 

 the Commissioner of Crown Lands, urging that the area 

 should be extended to the 300 miles originally asked for, sub- 

 ject to the existing leases. The Commissioner, in a reply 

 dated February 5, stated that the area promised was con- 

 sidered sufficient for the purposes advocated. In March, 

 and again in April, Mr. Ashby wrote at great length to the 

 Acting Premier, setting out the reasons for the granting of 

 the extended area, referring to the much larger areas that 

 had been set apart in the other States, in New Zealand, and 

 in America, and asking whether it was the intention of the 



