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APPENDICES. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION 



OF THE 



$ogal Soring of Souftj Australia (Jncorporateb), 



THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



COMMITTEE. 



For the Year Ended September 18, 1917. 



Your Committee is pleased to report that the meetings 

 and excursions of this Section have been well attended during 

 the year. 



The election of officers at the annual meeting 1 held on 

 September 19, 1916, resulted in the following members being 

 appointed to the various offices: — Chairman, Prof. T. G. B. 

 Osborn, M.Sc. ; Vice -Chair men, Sgt. A. R. Riddle and Mr. 

 W. J. Kimber; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. B. B. Beck; Hon. 

 Secretary, Mr. Win. Ham; Hon. Assistant Secretary, Miss E. 

 Hocking; Hon. Librarian, Miss I. Roberts; Committee, 

 Lieut.-Col. R. S. Rogers, M.A., M.D., Capt. S. A. White, 

 M.B.O.U., Mr. W. J. Mellor, R.A.O.U., Mr. E. H. Lock, 

 F.R.H.S.; Mrs. R. S. Rogers, Mr. W. H. Selway, Mr. R. 

 Llewellyn, and Mrs. J. F. Mellor; Hon. Auditors, Messrs. 

 Walter D. Reed and A. W. Drummond. 



During the year the Rules of the Society were altered to 

 include the Chairman and Hon. Secretary of the Fauna and 

 Flora Protection Committee as ex officio members of the 

 Committee of the Section. The names of Messrs. E. Aehby, 

 Chairman, and Mr. P. H. Runge, Hon. Secretary of the 

 Fauna and Flora Protection Committee were therefore added 

 to those enumerated above. 



The Fauna and Flora Protection Committee was also 

 elected at the annual meeting on September 19, 1916. The 

 following were chosen: — Mr. Edwin Ashby (Chairman) ; Mr. 

 P. H. Runge (Hon. Secretary) ; Lieut.-Col. R. S. Rogers, 

 M.A., M.D.; Dr. W. Ramsay Smith, Dr. R. H. Pulleine, 



