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EULES FOE THE CONDUCT OE EIELD EXCUESIONS 



1. Eacli member shall have the privilege o£ introducing two 

 friends ; such privilege not to extend to anv person who shall 

 have been a visitor at two successive meetings. 



2. A Chairman to be elected as at ordinary meetings. 



3. The Secretary to act as conductor, or in his absence, some 

 member o£ the Committee nominated by him. 



4. ISo change to be made in the programme, or extra expense 

 incurred, except by the consent of two-thirds of the members 

 present. 



5. No fees, gratuities, or other expenses to be paid except 

 through the conductor. 



6. Every member or visitor to have the accommodation 

 assigned by the conductor. Where accommodation is limited, 

 consideration will be given to priority of application. 



7. Accommodation cannot be supplied unless tickets are 

 obtained before the time mentioned in the special circular. 



8. Those who attend an excursion without previous notice 

 will be liable to extra charge, if extra cost be thereby incurred. 



9. No intoxicating liquors shall be provided at the expense 

 of the Section. 



EXCUESIONS. 



EiRST Excursion — Saturday, November 24, 1883. 

 Just before 2 o'clock p.m., about 60 members met at the 

 Eailway Station, North- terrace, and proceeded in a reserved 

 carriage to Belair, where the party was met by Mr. Cooke, the 

 keeper of the Grovernment Farm, under whose guidance the 

 party was placed. After passing a short distance along the 

 line, a halt was called, and Prof. Tate explained that they were 

 in the centre of a curiously formed basin. The sides of the 

 railway cutting indicated that the soil was decomposing talcose 

 slate, and that in the next cutting they would find the debris 

 of this talcose slate, viz., angular gravel and sandy beds with 

 underlying clays. The vegetation was entirely different from 

 that of the surrounding area, being similar in character to 

 heathy scrub lands. Judging from the lithological evidence, 

 he considered these superficial beds, which were generally gold- 

 bearing, to be of fluviatile or lacustrine origin, and co-eval with 

 the Upland Miocenes of the Gawler district. The elevation 

 at which they stood was just on the verge of the upper limits of 

 the Peppermint Gum (Eucalyptus odorata) and the lower limits 

 of the White Gum (E. leucoxylon). The characteristic flora of 

 the heathy ground were indicated by the Grass Tree (Xanthor- 



