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APPENDICES. 



FIELD naturalists: section 



OF THE 



$0jml SwrtttD of Souttj Australia (Jumper ateb), 



THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



COMMITTEE. 



For the Year Ended September 19, 1916. 



Your Committee reports that the work of this Section 

 of the Royal Society has been carried on successfully during 

 the year. The monthly meetings have been well attended 

 and the field excursions have been widely availed of to 

 increase the acquaintance of the members with various 

 branches of natural history. 



The year opened with a membership of 121; 20 new 

 members have been added and 12 resigned, the roll now 

 standing at 129. 



The series of winter lectures was continued during the 

 year, and the Committee desires to place on record its thanks 

 to the various gentlemen who have lectured. 



At the annual meeting, held on Tuesday, September 20, 

 1915, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 —Chairman, Captain S. A. White, M.B.O.U., R.A.O.U.; 

 Vice-Chair men, Professor T. G. B. Osborn, M.Sc, and Mr. 

 A. R. Riddle; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. B. B. Beck; Hon. 

 Librarian, Miss I. Roberts; Hon. Secretary, Mr. P. H. E. 

 Runge ; Hon. Assistant Secretary, Miss E. Hocking; Com- 

 mittee — Dr. R. S. Rogers, M.A., M.D., Mr. W. J. Kimber, 

 Mr. J. W. 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; Auditors, Messrs. Walter D. Reed 

 and A. W. Drummond. 



The Hon. Secretary, Mr. P. H. E. Runge, resigned office 

 on December 17, 1915. The resignation was accepted with 

 deep regret, Mr. Runge having proved himself a most enthu- 

 siastic and painstaking secretary during the three and a half 



