414 



1905— Smith, Elliot, "The Lancet," August 12, 1905. 



1906 — Von Luschan, "Uber Sechs Pygmaen vom Ituri," Z. fiir E. 38, 1905, 



■p. 717. 

 1906 — Skeat and Blagden, "Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula." 

 1907 — Parkinson, R., "Dreissig Jahre in der Sudsee." 

 1910— Schmidt, P. W., "Die Stellung der Pygmaen Volker." 

 1911 — Neuhauss, R., "Deutsch Neu Guinea." 

 1911— Sollas, W. J., "Ancient Hunters." 

 1912 — Wollaston, A. E. R., "Pygmies and Papuans." 

 1912— Williamson, R. W., "The Mafulu Mountain People of British New 



Guinea." 

 1922— Barns, T. A., "The Wonderland of the Eastern Congo." 

 1922— Vanden Bergh, L. J., "On the Trail of the Pigmies." 



ANNUAL REPORT 



FOR Year ended September 30, 1923. 

 Professor F. Wood Jones' exploration of the Flora and Fauna of Nuyts Archi- 

 pelago and the Investigator Group has continued to supply material for record in 

 our "Transactions," the forthcoming volume of which will contain papers of this 

 series bv Miss Joan Proctor. Professors F. Wood Jones. T. G. B. Osborn, and 

 J. B. Cleland, and Messrs. E. R. Waite, Arthur M. Lea, N. B. Tindale, and J. G. 

 Wood. Other series which will be continued in this volume are those on "Aus- 

 tralian Fungi," by Professor J. B. Cleland and Edwin Cheel ; "Additions to the 

 .Flora of South Australia," by J. M. Black; "Australian Coleoptera," by A. H. 

 Elston; "Polyplacophora," by Edwin Ashby; and "The External Characters 

 of Pouch Embryos of Marsupials," by Professor F. Wood Jones. It will also 

 include papers on various other subjects by Sir Douglas Mawson, Professors 

 Harvey Johnston, T. G. B. Osborn, and Walter Howchin; Drs. R. S. Rogers, 

 Jefferis Turner, and O. W. Tiegs ; and Messrs. J. G. Wood, R. L. Jack, and 

 R. G. Thomas. The volume, which will be published about Christmas, will, both 

 in size and value, fully equal that issued last December. 



The expenditure upon printing and publishing has been heavy this year, as 

 in addition to the exceptionally bulky annual volume an Index has been issued 

 which includes all the Society's publications from 1901 to 1920. This Index, 

 together with that issued in 1907, makes it easy to refer to all the subjects 

 dealt with by the Society from 1877 to 1920. 



The exhibits at the evening meetings have continued to sustain their 

 interesting character. 



The Council has given considerable thought to a revision of the Rules and 

 By-laws of the Society, and has proposed several minor alterations with a view 

 to making them clearer and better adapted to the growth of the Society's work. 

 These were adopted at a special meeting held on September 13, and will be 

 printed in the forthcoming volume. 



The continued growth of our Library has now reached a point at which 

 it is impossible without additional shelving to arrange the books in a systematic 

 and convenient way. Representations on this subject were made to the Govern- 

 ment through the Board of Governors of the Public Library, etc., some years 

 ago, and the urgency of the case was again pointed out this year, but so far 

 no reply has been received. 



During the year the Society was asked to nominate a representative upon 

 an Advisory Committee to deal with the issue of permits by the Commonwealth 

 Government for the export of indigenous animals, and Dr. A. M. Morgan 

 was so nominated, with Mr. Ising as deputy when the former is unable to act. 



