6 

 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



OF THE 



ADELAIDE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



FOE THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30lH, 1878. 



In presenting to the members of this Society the twenty-fifth Annual 

 Report of its proceedings, the Council have pleasure in stating that the 

 papers which have been laid before the members during the past year 

 have been of a character worthy of the Society, embodying the results of 

 a considerable amount of original research ; and it is a cause of regret 

 that the attendance of members and their friends at our meetings has not, 

 as a rule, been so large as might reasonably have been expected from the 

 quality of the matter submitted. The following is a list of the papers 

 laid before the Society during the year : — 



" The Non-introduction of Diseased Cattle," by Mr. D. C. F. Moodie. 



" The Exploration of Palestine," by Rev. W. R. Fletcher, MA. _ 



" Plant-fragments found in the tombs and other monumental build- 

 ings of the Ancient Egyptians," by Dr. Schomburgk, Dr. Ph., &c. 



" The Decrease of many species of Insects, and the Increase of some, 

 in South Australia," by Mr. Otto Tepper. 



" The Origin of Mineral Veins, with special reference to the Barossa 

 District," by Mr. Gavin Scoular. 



"Infantile Mortality in South Australia," by Mr. H. H. Hayter, 

 F.S.S. 



" The Habits and Description of a new South Australian Beetle 

 (Melolontha destructor)" by Mr. Otto Tepper. 



" Australian Trigonias and their distribution," by Mr. W. T. Bednall. 



" Recent Australian Marginellidae," by Professor Tate, F.G.S. 



" Fossil Australian Marginellidfe," by Professor Tate, F.G.S. 



" Whirlwinds," by Mr. Otto Tepper. 



"A list of Minerals found in South Australia," by Mr. Samuel 

 Higgs, F.G.S. 



" The Telephone and Microphone," by Mr. Charles Todd, C.M.G., 

 F.R.A.S., M.S.T.E. 



"The Fossil Corals of Aldinga," by Rev. J. E. Tenison Woods, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. 



" The correlation of the coral-bearing strata of South Australia, with 

 a list of species of tertiary corals," by Professor R. Tate, F.G.S. 



" Subterranean water supply in the Interior," by Mr. T. E. Rawlin- 

 son, C.E. 



In addition to the ordinary meetings of the Society, a very successful 

 Conversazione was held in the Town Hall, Adelaide, during the month of 

 April, which, as your Council believes, excited considerable interest in 

 scientific subjects, not only among the members of this Society, but also 

 among the general public. 



The following works have been presented to the Society's library 

 during the year : — 



"The Statute Index of Tasmania for 1876." 



