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The publication of The S.A. Naturalist necessitated an 

 increase in the annual subscription, which has now been fixed 

 at 7s. 6d. per annum, this sum also covering the subscription 

 to the magazine. 



Charles Fenner, Chairman. 



Ernest H. Ising, Hon. Secretary. 



THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIVE 

 FAUNA AND FLORA PROTECTION COMMITTEE. 



Six meetings of the Committee were held during the year. 



Following upon correspondence conducted previously 

 between the Committee and the Local Government Depart- 

 ment, delegates consisting of the Chairman (Captain S. A. 

 White), the Secretary (Mr. H. W. Andrew), and Mr. J. M. 

 Black, waited upon the Commissioner of Crown Lands and 

 urged steps to be taken to restrict the destruction of timber 

 and native flora on roadsides. The Commissioner - received 

 the deputation sympathetically, and promised to try a.nd 

 induce the Government to introduce a Bill to this end. Sub- 

 sequently a communication was received from the Secretary 

 of the Local Government Department that the Government 

 Jiad directed that a Bill be prepared with a view of prohibit- 

 ing the removal of trees and shrubs from the roads without 

 the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, as desired 

 by the deputation. This Bill has now been drafted, and is 

 on the list of Bills for consideration by the House this session, 

 and, as far as can be seen, there will be but little opposition. 



The Royal Society appointed a Committee to confer with 

 our Committee, with a view to discussing the advisability or 

 otherwise of transferring direct control of the latter from the 

 Field Naturalists' Section to the parent body; the whole 

 ■question has been held in abeyance. 



A letter protesting against the renewal of the lease of 

 Macquarie Island, and urging the reservation of the island 

 •as a sanctuary for the fauna and flora of sub-antarctica, was 

 sent to the Tasmanian authorities. 



The need for direct representation of the Committee 

 on the National Park Board was again brought under the 

 notice of the Government. A letter supporting the Govern- 

 ment in its determination to adhere to the period already 

 fixed for the close season for ducks in the South-east was 

 also forwarded to the responsible Minister. 



