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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Royal Society of South Australia 



(Incorporated) 



FOR 1914-15. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 12, 1914. 



The President (J. C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary read a protest against the destruc- 

 tion of Louvain by the German army, signed by representatives 

 ■of Universities, Colleges, Academies, Learned Societies, Libra- 

 ries, and Museums in the United Kingdom, and a letter 

 requesting the co-operation of this Society, and reported that 

 by direction of the Council a similar protest had been signed 

 hj the President and Secretary, and forwarded to the Govern- 

 ment for transmission to the German Imperial Government 

 and to the Hague Court. — Resolved, ''That the action of the 

 Council be endorsed." 



Mr. S. Dixon moved. Dr. Pulleine seconded, ''That there 

 l)e recorded on the minutes a vote of thanks to the Legislative 

 Council for rejecting the Bill for The Animals' Protection 

 Amendment Act." Mr. W. Rutt moved and Mr. W. 

 HowcHiN seconded an amendment, "That the Royal Society 

 of South Australia (Incorporated) records its gratification at 

 the rejection of the Bill for The Animals Protection Amend- 

 ment Act." The amendment was carried. 



Professor Kerr Grant showed a small lantern, with 

 projection, electric-arc lamp, and translucent screen, for use 

 in illustrating papers to small audiences, purchased by direc- 

 tion of the Council for the use of the Society and its Sections. 



A letter was read from the Royal Zoological and Acclima- 

 tisation Society of Victoria i^e introduction of a Bill prohibiting 

 the possession of the feathers of certain scheduled birds. This 

 was referred to the Council for consideration and action. 



Exhibits. — Dr. Pulleine exhibited a lemon-shaped 

 object, supposed to be carved from the head of a Tr'tclachna, 

 and used as a sorcerer's stone in the Solomon Islands ; also 

 some live spiders ( Gasteracanthae ) from Talia, Eyre Penin- 

 sula. Mr. A. M. Lea exhibited a drawer of cockchafer 

 beetles, including a bright-green species that had recently 

 appeared in several South Australian orchards, and had been 

 doing serious injury to the same. Mr. H. H. D. Griffith 



