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APPENDICES. 

 FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION 



OF THE 



^ogal ^orietB of Sout^ ^itstralia (|Ef0r|joratetr). 



TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 COMMITTEE 



For the Yeae Ended September 21, 1909. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 At the annual meeting on September 22, 1908, the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected for the year: — Chairman, Mr. 

 W. H. Selway; Vice-Chairmen, Mr. J. M. Black and 

 Dr. R. PuUeine; Hon. Secretary, Mr. E. H. Lock; 

 Hon. Treasurer, Mr. S. S. Stokes; Minute Secretary, 

 Miss E. Hocking; Committee— Mx?,. J. F. Mellor, Mrs. 

 R. S. Rogers, Dr. R. S. Rogers, and Messrs. J. 

 G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., A. R. Errey, M. S. Clark, F. R. 

 Zietz, and J. W. Mellor. Later in the season Mr. Zietz 

 retired from the Committee, and Mr. J. Willmott was elect- 

 ed to the vacancy. Fauna and Flora Committee — Dr. R. 

 S Rogers, Dr. M. R. Smith, and Messrs. E. Ashby, M. S. 

 Clark, S. Dixon, E. H. Lock, J. W. Mellor, A. Zietz, W. 

 H. Selway, J. M. Black, and A. G. Edquist. The retiring 

 Chairman (Mr. J. M. Black) read the annual address, tak- 

 ing as his subject "Botanical Researches in South Australia." 

 The paper was published in full in the daily Press. 



Monthly Meetings. 



October 20, 1908.— Mr. J. M. Kimber gave an address 

 upon "Shells," dealing particularly with the two classes of 

 Cephalopods and Gastropods. 



November 25. — This was the twenty-fifth anniversary 

 of the Section, and was celebrated by holding a reunion of 

 members and friends in the Royal Society's rooms. The 

 Chairman (Mr. W. H. Selway) gave a brief resume of the 

 history of the Society, which was established by resolution 



