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ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Council has to report that the work of the Society has 

 teen successfully carried on during the past year. The fol- 

 lowing papers have been read or laid on the table : — " Refer- 

 ences to some Polished Rock Surfaces on Caroona Hill, Lake 

 Gilles," by Dr. Cleland ; "Description of a Telescopic Eye- 

 piece for the Microscope," by Dr. "Whittell ; " The British 

 Standards of Weights and Measures," by R. B. Lucas ; " Notes 

 of a large Sawfish found at Carnavan, AY. A.," by Geo. Sarter; 

 " Notes on some Insects and Insect Nests," by J. G. O. Tepper, 

 F.L.S. ; " Notes on a Species of Tortrix," by Frazer S. Craw- 

 ford ; " Observations on the Planet Jupiter," by AY. Ernest 

 Cooke, B.A. ; " Scientific Results of the Yoyage of s.s. Maranoa 

 in the Indian Ocean," by Clement L. AYragge, F.R.G.S. ; 

 " Notes on the Mantida? and Phasmidae," by J. G. O. Tepper, 

 F.L.S.; "Poisoning bv Tinned Foods," by Professor Rennie ; 

 " On Aerial Boats," by J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. ; " Photometry," 

 by R. B. Lucas ; " Notes on some South Australian Trogida?," 

 by J. G. 0. Tepper, F.L.S. ; " Notes on a New Butterfly for 

 South Australia — Ogyris amarillis" by J. G. 0. Tepper, 

 F.L.S. ; " On the Determination of Minute Quantities of 

 Gold," by G. Goyder, jun. ; " On some Foraminifera found in 

 the Tarkininna and Mirrabuchinna Bores," by AY. Howchin, 

 F.G.S. ; " On the Cultivation of Yaccine Lymph," by Dr. 

 AYhittell ; " Some Fresh-water Entomostraca," by Prof. G. S. 

 Brady ; " Some Geological Notes on the neighbourhood of 

 Crystal Brook," by AY. Howchin, F.G.S. ; " On some Phas- 

 inidse," by J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. ; "Some newly-recorded 

 Species of the Flora of Kangaroo Island," by J. G. O. Tepper, 

 F.L S. ; " Notes on Corchorus Elderii" by Baron F. v. Muller ; 

 " The Geology of the South and South-AYestern portion around 

 Lake Eyre," by Gavin Scoular ; " Notes on a New Species of 

 Caladenia" by Professor Tate, F.G.S., &c. ; "A Revision of 

 the Recent Lamellibranch and Palliobranch Mollusca of South 

 Australia," by Prof. Tate ; " Notes on Past Climatic Changes 

 in South Australia," by Gavin Scoular ; " The Geometrina 

 found near Balhannah," by E. Guest. 



The exhibits have been numerous and varied, although 

 nothing has been brought forward requiring special notice. 



The membership of the Society consists of 117 Fellows, 11 



