Mr. T. D. Smeaton, P.V.P., took the chair while Professor Tate 

 read a paper communicated by Mr. Otto Tepper on " The Decrease of 

 many Species of Insects and the Increase of some in South Australia," 

 which was followed by a discussion. 



Ordinary Meeting, 26th February, 1878. 



Professor Tate, F.G.S., V.P., in the chair. 



The Chairman announced that the Council had received the resig- 

 nation of Mr. W. C. M. Finniss as Hon. Secretary, and that Mr. Walter 

 Rutt would act as Hon. Secretary pro (em. 



The Chairman exhibited a selection of fossils, obtained from the 

 Murray Cliffs at Glenforslan, near Blanchetown, in which the original- 

 shell is replaced by selenite. He considered these shells to be Eocene, 

 and that our South Australian Tertiary-beds were of older date than 

 had been suspected. A discussion upon the subject ensued. 



Ordinary Meeting, 19th March, 1878. 



Professor Tate, F.G.S., V.P., in the chair. 



Mr. Thos. Harry was elected an ordinary member. 



Notice of motion was given by Messrs. Tate, Ingleby, Smeaton, 

 Wilson, and Todd, proposing alterations in the Rules, and it was resolved, 

 that the same should be printed and circulated. 



r*icnw> Messrs. D. B. Adamson, A. W. Dobbie, J. Macgeorge, and B. H. 

 Babbage, Professor Lamb, and Dr. Schomburgk, with the Council, were 

 appointed a Committee to arrange for a Conversazione ; Mr. W. Rutt to 

 act as Hon. Secretary. 



Mr. T. D. Smeaton took the chair while Professor Tate read a paper 

 communicated by Mr. Gavin Scoular, on " The Origin of Mineral Veins, 

 with special reference to the Barossa District." 



The Hon. Secretary pro tern, read a paper communicated by Mr. 

 H. H. Hayter, F.S.S., Government Statist of Victoria, on " Infantile 

 Mortality in South Australia." A discussion followed, which was 

 adjourned to the nest ordinary meeting. 



Conversazione, 15th April, 1878. 



The Conversazione was held in the Town Hall, Adelaide, which 

 was filled with philosophical instruments, collections of natural history, 

 and other objects of scientific interest, as well as illustrated works upon 

 natural history, and a few specimens of the fine arts. Numerous experi- 

 ments were performed with the apparatus, and two or three telephones 

 were in operation throughout the evening. 



Ordinary Meeting, 21st May, 1878. 



Professor Tate, F.G.S., V.P., in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary pro tern, laid on the table a copy of a paper 

 " On the motion of a screw in an infinite mass of liquid," by Professor 



