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March 13, 1909, Marine Excursion; May 15 and 22, 

 Glenelg; June 12, Stony f ell ; July 24, Botanic Gardens; 

 August 21, Blackwood; September 1, Houghton. 



With the exception of the excursion to Glenelg all the 

 ■engagements for field work were well attended. 



In reviewing the work done by the Section during the 

 year it may be fairly claimed that the evening meetings and 

 the field excursions have not only been well attended, but 

 that collectors in the various branches of work have been re- 

 warded for their efforts, and much pleasure gained. 



W. H. Selway, Chairman. 

 E. H. Lock, Hon. Secretary. 



TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIVE 

 FAUNA AND FLORA PROTECTION COMMITTEE 

 OF THE FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 

 FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER, 1909. 



The Kangaroo Island Reserve. 



In view of the Commonwealth taking over the light- 

 house the Committee anticipates that the promises made by 

 the late Hon. Thomas Price to the deputation on August 

 7, 1906, will be carried out on the lines of the scheme drawn 

 up at his desire. The necessity arises from the spread of 

 foxes on the mainland of Australia destroying the native 

 birds and the threatened extinction of the indigenous kan- 

 garoo of the island. Although nominally protected by law 

 for a great many years, large numbers have been killed 

 and their skins forwarded for sale concealed in bundles of 

 sheepskins. The Proclamation under which they had been 

 protected was renewed at the request of the Committee in 

 October, 1908, but, unfortunately, in excluding the settled 

 portions of the Island a loophole was left for further de- 

 struction. In all parts of the civilized world more stringent 

 measures are being taken to protect and save from extinction 

 the native fauna, and certainly posterity will greatly blame 

 this generation if what is left of the animal which gave its 

 name to the Island is the name only. The Committee hopes 

 that some of the present-day politicians will, by dedicating 

 for public use the 300 miles originally asked for, emulate 

 the late Sir John Robertson, who will be remembered in 

 far-distant times as the original dedicator of the magnificent 



