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Geographical Society of Chicago for his achievements as 

 leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. It was the 

 wish of Sir Douglas that the scientific results of this expe- 

 dition should be published by this "Society, but difficulties 

 having arisen they are being issued independently. Our 

 Transactions will, however, include the valuable Auroral 

 Observations made at Cape Royds during his former sojourn 

 in Antarctica, when a member of the Shackleton Expedition. 



Two grants in aid of research have been made during 

 the year — one for investigations into the flight of birds, and 

 the other for the study of the biology of Lobelia gibbosa. 

 The results will be laid before the Society in due course. 



The growth of the Library continues as the number of 

 our exchanges with other societies increases. It has been 

 found necessary to add to our shelving and to place the stock 

 of our own publications in the basement. The binding of the 

 books has, thanks to the generosity of the President, been 

 continued, but as it is now well advanced, the special fund 

 for the purpose expended, and the cost per volume consider- 

 ably increased, the Council has decided to discontinue this 

 work for the present. 



We have lost several from our list of Fellows. Amongst 

 these may be mentioned Dr. W. L. Cleland, who has just 

 resigned after a membership of thirty-seven years, during a 

 considerable part of which he filled the position of Hon. 

 Secretary. The Right Hon. Sir Samuel J. Way, Chief Justice, 

 who died early in the year, was the oldest Fellow on our 

 roll, having joined the Adelaide Philosophical Society, as it 

 was then called, in 1859. He filled the President's chair 

 for the two years 1880-82. Mr. Robert Barr Smith, who 

 died in 1915, had been a Fellow since 1871. He bequeathed 

 to the Society .£1,000, which will be payable shortly, when 

 it will be added to the Endowment Fund, and the income 

 derived from it will be available for the furtherance of the 

 Society's work. 



The membership now comprises 10 Honorary Fellows, 

 5 Corresponding Members, 75 Fellows, and 1 Associate. 



Jos. C. Verco, President. 

 Walter Rutt, Hon. Secretary. 



September 30, 1916. 



