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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Royal Society of South Australia 



(Incorporated) 



for 1915-1916. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 11, 1915. 



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

 chair. 



The President welcomed Mr. G. G. Mayo (Fellow) on 

 his return from a lengthened stay in England. 



Representative Governor. — Letter received from the 

 Board of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery o/ 

 South Australia, acknowledging advice that Mr. Walter 

 Howchin, F.G.S., had been reappointed as Representative 

 Governor on the Board. 



Kangaroo Island Reserve. — Letter received from the 

 Secretary to the Hon. Commissioner of Crown Lands, stating 

 that, in view of the alleged destruction of fauna on Kangaroo 

 Island, the inspectors had been instructed to enquire and 

 report on the same. 



Botanic Gardens. — Dr. Pulleine moved, Mr. S. Dixon 

 seconded, a resolution embodying certain suggestions for 

 making the Botanic Garden of greater economic value to the 

 State. After discussion it was moved by Professor Rennie, 

 seconded by Mr. E. Ashby, and resolved, "That the Society 

 approves generally of the tenor of the proposed resolution, 

 and that the same be referred to a Committee consisting of 

 the President, Dr. Pulleine, Mr. S. Dixon, and Professor 

 Osborn, with power to modify the resolution as they may 

 deem advisable before the same is forwarded to the Hon. 

 Commissioner of Crown Lands." 



By-law. Section III. Papers. — The Hon. Secretary 

 reported that the Council had repealed the existing By-law 

 and substituted the following : — 



1. No paper which has not been previously approved by 

 the Council shall be laid before the Society. 



