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M.A., M.D.; Hon. Treasurer, W. B. Poole; Members of 

 Council, E. Ashby, M.B.O.U., and R. H. Pulleine, M.B. ; 

 Representative Governor on Board of Public Library, etc., 

 W. Howchin, F.G.S. ; and Ron. Auditors, W. L. Ware, J. P., 

 and H. Wliitbread. 



Papers.— "The Lepidoptera of Broken Hill, Part III.," 

 by Oswald B. Lower, F.L.S., F.E.S. ; "Records and 

 Descriptions of Australian Chalcidoidea," by Alan P. Dodd ; 

 "Additions to the Flora of South Australia, No. 12," by 

 J. M. Black; "Notes on Australian Isopoda," by Charles 

 Chiltox, D.Sc, CM., C.M.Z.S., etc., communicated bv 

 Ed^ar R. Waite, F.L.S. 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1916-17. 



The Council is glad to be able to report that notwith- 

 standing the continuance of war conditions the work of the 

 Society has been well sustained, and that the next volume 

 of its Transactions will include contributions to Australian 

 Entomology by Dr. A. Jefferis Turner, Mr. A. M. Lea, and 

 Mr. Oswald B. Lower; and to Australian Botany by Mr. 

 J. M. Black, Dr. R. S. Rogers, and Mr. J. H. Maiden. 

 Special features will be a detailed description of a remarkable 

 hailstorm near Adelaide by Mr. W. Howchin, and several 

 papers by various contributors upon the scientific results of 

 the South Australian Museum Expedition to Cooper Creek 

 in 1916. Many objects of interest were shown at the evening 

 meetings. 



The necessary steps for the protection of native fauna 

 and flora in a reserve on Kangaroo Island have not yet been 

 taken by the Government, the Bill for this purpose having 

 been again postponed. 



The two researches towards which the Society made small 

 grants, as referred to in last year's report, are still in progress. 



The work of our Honorary Fellow, Professor W. H. 

 Bragg, in the region of physics has again been recognized, 

 the Royal Society of London having awarded him the 

 Rumford Medal ; while in conjunction with his son he was 

 received the gold medal of the Physical Section of the Societa 

 Italiana delle Scienze. Our Fellow and Past President, 

 Professor E. C. Stirling has also been honoured with the title 

 of Knight Bachelor. 



