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should happen the Committee would sooner that it be modified. 

 At the request of the Parliamentary draughtsman our Chair- 

 man went through the draft Bill on two occasions and made 

 such recommendations as seemed advisable. 



The Chairman also received a letter from Mr. W. H. 

 Strawbridge in reference to the matter last May. He sug- 

 gested that Western River should be included in the Reserve, 

 as the mouth of the river is one of the few possible harbours 

 at that end of the island. The locality is well suited to the 

 needs of the lyre bird and other fauna. Information has 

 reached the Committee that all the protection of the fauna at 



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the western end of Kangaroo Island is in abeyance, as it is 

 under "Military Law." If this is correct, it is felt that some 

 action might be taken in approaching the Federal authorities 

 to protect the fauna. 



Although the Committee has no quite recent information 

 of the destruction of the native fauna on Kangaroo Island, it 

 is said to be still going on, and it feels that some definite 

 action should be taken by the State Government to prevent 

 Ihe extinction of so many of our native fur-bearing animals. 



Edwin Ashby, Chairman. 

 Percival Runge, Hon. SecreAary. 



September 21, 1915. 



