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years he had acted in that capacity. On March 17, 1916, 

 the Committee elected Mr. Wm. Ham to fill the position till 

 the annual meeting in September. 



The following were elected to form the Native Fauna 

 and Flora Protection Committee: — Chairman, Mr. E. Ashby; 

 Hon. Secretary, Mr. P. H. E. Runge; Dr. R. S. Rogers, Dr. 

 W. Ramsay Smith, Dr. R. H. Pulleine, Messrs, J. W. Mellor, 

 W. H. Selway, J. M. Black, A. G. Edquist, E. H. Lock, 

 A. M. Lea, S. Angel, J. Willmott, R. Llewellyn, and S. 

 Stokes. 



The first evening meeting of the year was held on October 

 21, 1915, when Professor E. C. Stirling, F.R.S., C.M.G., 

 M.D., delivered a most interesting address on "Some Aspects 

 of Central Australian Aboriginal Life." The lecture, which 

 was illustrated by a valuable and most interesting series of 

 slides, dealt with the tribal customs and ceremonies of the 

 aboriginals, particularly with those relating to intermarriage 

 and the tribal totems. 



On April 18, 1916, the meeting took the form of an 

 exhibit evening, the greatest interest being displayed in cases 

 of specimens shown by Mr. A. M. Lea, Museum Entomologist, 

 who showed a case containing 6,666 specimens of beetles, etc., 

 from the little-known Lord Howe Island. Mr. Lea stated 

 that probably half were new to Science. The Kentia palm, 

 the characteristic product of the island, had proved exceed- 

 ingly productive of insect life. Of the many specimens, a 

 phasma, locally termed "the land lobster," was of great 

 interest. Mr. W. Weidenbach exhibited a case of insects 

 collected from one garden at Glen Osmond during the short 

 period of 18 months, and also a specimen of fire opal (a 

 pseudomorph after a mussel shell), which came from the 

 Stuart Range and formed part of the first parcel of precious 

 opal so far found in South Australia. Mr. H. Barrett 

 exhibited specimens of embolite from Broken Hill, beryls 

 from Williamstown, and a piece of serpentinous marble. Mrs. 

 J. F. Mellor exhibited the sword of a small swordfish, and 

 also a banded snake. Captain White tabled several specimens 

 of birds, including the common Cormorant and Pied Cor- 

 morant, besides the Arctic Skua and the Tippet Grebe. Mr. 

 E. Drummond showed a sample of barytes (sulphate of 

 barium) from Aldgate. 



On May 17, 1916, Sergeant A. R. Riddle delivered a 

 lecture on "Tramps with a Camera." It was illustrated by 

 means of a series of slides from most artistic photographs 

 taken by the lecturer himself, indicating the points of geologi- 

 cal and physiographical interest on the coast of Southern 

 Yorke Peninsula and the Far North of the State. These 



