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by purchase, is still in abeyance. The State Minister is favourable to the pro- 

 ject, but the purchase of the additional 4,000 acres requires to be passed by 

 Parliament. The whole land is of a scrubby nature, with sheoaks and bracken 

 thereon. 



The complaint about the massacre of 80 seals on Pearson Islands turned 

 out to refer to an old occurrence, and not a fresh slaughter, as at first thought. 



A protest was made by the Committee to the Commonwealth Minister of 

 Customs against the shipment of Australian birds by the "Medic," and a reply 

 was received that that particular shipment had been allowed because it was in 

 fulfilment of orders received before March 29 last, and the specimens were 

 collected before that date. In answer to that, a request was made to the Minister 

 to prohibit the export of Australian birds in the future. 



Enquiry was made by the District Clerk of Minlaton as to the possibility 

 of successfully introducing kookaburras to a reserve in that town, which has 

 some big trees and is about half a mile long and a street wide. The members 

 doubted the success of such an effort on account of the smallness of the area. 



It was reported that Messrs. Pearce Bros., Yelland, and Bowman (of 

 Campbell House) had made their lands on Lake Alexandrina, which extend 

 from Reedy Point to Point Sturt to Hindmarsh Island — in all about 20 miles — 

 sanctuaries as regards the bird life thereon. 



In response to a request from the Customs and Excise Office, Capt. S. 

 A. White was nominated for appointment on the Advisory Committee for this 

 State re the Exportation of Birds and Animals, with Mr. W. Champion Hackett 

 to act in the nominee's absence. 



Flinders Chase. — The Chairman reported that the Government bad pur- 

 chased the Rocky River Station and added it to the Chase, and that Mr. May had 

 been engaged to act as Ranger on the Chase. 



J. Sutton, Hon. Secretary. 



September 19, 1923. 



