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Exceedingly interesting were the announcements that 

 Mr. J. M. Black had published a book upon "Introduced 

 Plants in Australia/' a work which had been favourably 

 commented upon. Dr. R. S. Rogers had also reprinted by 

 the Education Department a series of articles upon orchids 

 which had been published in the official organ of the Depart- 

 ment. 



Discoveries of a new or rare character had been brought 

 before the notice of scientists by Mr. H. H. D. Griffiths , 

 Dr. Rogers, and Mr. J. W. Mellor. 



Excursions. 

 The following excursions had been arranged : — Novem- 

 ber 6, 1909, Fifth Creek; December 11, Brighton; April, 

 1910, Marine Trip to the eastern reaches of Torrens Island : 

 June 25, Henley Beach; July 16, to Zoological Gardens and 

 Botanic Park and Gardens; August 13, Blackwood; Sep- 

 tember 17, Eagle on the Hill; September 24, Slape's Gully. 



The membership of the Section has gradually increased 

 through the session, and the total now stands at 120. 



W. H. Selway, Chairman. 



E. H. Lock, Hon. Secretary. 



TWENTY-SECOND 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 SEP- 

 TEMBER, 1910. 



The Kangaroo Island Reserve on Flinders Chase. 

 Your Committee organized a large, influential, and 

 representative deputation which, on November 16 last, waited 

 on the late Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr. Coombe) to 

 urge upon him the desirability of extending the area of the 

 reserve to the 300 square miles originally asked for. As a 

 result, the Cabinet approved of an additional 79 miles being 

 added to the block known as the Lighthouse Reserve, making 

 the total area about 140 miles. Plans now published by the 

 Survey Office show the position of this Reserve, which ex- 

 tends eastwards to the DeMole River. Before the session 

 closed the Australian Natives' Association, having a very 

 short time in which to do so, circulated and presented a 

 well-signed petition asking the House to grant funds to fence 

 off the area already promised, to provide a fire-break on 

 the boundary, and for the salary of a resident ranger. It is 



