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MALACOLOGICAL SECTION 



OP THE 



Slojjal Society of ^outlj Australia (|ncorporatetj). 



ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1908-9. 



Nine meetings were held during the past year, at which 

 the average attendance was good. There are now thirteen 

 members on the roll. The work during the past year com- 

 prised a revision of the -Pleurotomidse and Marginellidae. 

 Dr. J. C Verco recorded from St. Francis Island about 600 

 ;species of shells, which he and Dr. Torr collected during 

 a recent visit to the Island. Amongst twenty-four species 

 of Tasmanian mollusca, dredged in 100 fathoms off Cape 

 ■Pillar, and described by Messrs. Hedley and May, fourteen 

 species have been found to occur also in our waters, and 

 these have been added to the list of South Australian shells. 

 During the year two papers on South Australian mollusca 

 have been contributed to the Royal Society by Dr. J. C. 

 Verco. The three electric table-lamps which were purchased 

 by the Section at the beginning of the year have made a 

 marked improvement in the lighting, as the minute shells 

 which comprised the chief portion of the families revised last 

 year cannot be properly examined without a good light. 



Receipts and Expenditure for the Year 1908-9. 



Receipts. 



To Credit balance ... 



,, Grant from Royal Society 



,, Subscriptions 



Expenditure. 



By Postages and Duty Stamp ... 

 ,, 3 Electric Table-lamps 

 ., Subscriptions to Royal Society 

 -,, Balance in hand 



F. R. ZiETZ, Hon. Sec. and Treas. 



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1 1 



11 



2 







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£ s. 



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5 



10 



2 15 







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£5 11 



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