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work was put in baud, and lias since been carried out in 

 a tborougbly satisfactory manner. 



In Marcb last a Binding Conimitt-ee consisting of tlie 

 President, tbe Editor, and Professor Rerinie was appointed 

 to select books for binding and to call for tenders. Subsequently 

 a contract was accepted, and the work of binding will now 

 proceed continuously. All books have been called in so that 

 the library may be arranged and classified. For the carry- 

 ing out of this work the services of Mr. T. W. Idle have been 

 secured. Mr. Idle, who has had large exjDerience in the 

 arrangement of books and cataloguing in England and 

 America, has been temporarily placed in charge of the library, 

 and Mr. Clucas, the Librarian of the Adelaide University, has 

 undertaken to continue indexing the Society's publications. 

 as they ajD^jear. 



Mr. C. F. Johncock, of Orroroo, and Mr. Herbert Base- 

 dow, now in Germany, who have at various times conti'ibuted 

 valuable papers to the Transactions, have been elected Corre- 

 sponding Members. 



Mr. Douglas Mawson, B.Sc, B.E., Lecturer on Miner- 

 alogy and Petrology, University of Adelaide, who accom- 

 panied Lieutenant Shackleton on his hazardous expedition to 

 Antarctica in the capacity of scientific observer, was on his 

 return warmly welcomed by the President and members. 



Membership.— Fellows, 63; Corresponding Members, 7: 

 Hon. Fellows, 9; Associate, 1. 



Obituary. — Stirling Smeaton, B.A., for many years in 

 the Engineering Department of the Civil Service, died dur- 

 ing the past year after a long illness. Mr. Smeaton, like his 

 father, the late Thos. D. Smeaton, was deeply interested in 

 natural science, and was at various times Chairman of Sec- 

 tions and President of the Photographic Society. 



Mr. W. J. Vandenbergh, barrister and solicitor, a Fel- 

 low of the Society, died in New Zealand in May, 1909. 



Jos. C. Veeco, President. 

 G. G. Mayo, Hon. Secretary. 



October 5, 1909. 



