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no application for a grant has been received. It is to be hoped 

 that the efforts of the Society to direct the latent energies of 

 those interested in science to some definite object will not prove 

 frnitless. 



A further advance has been made in the campaign 

 started by the Fauna and Flora Protection Committee of our 

 Field Naturalists' Section for the reservation of the western 

 portion of Kangaroo Island. It is believed that a Bill has 

 been drafted by the Government embodying most of the sug- 

 gestions made by your Council, and it is hoped that the same 

 may be passed this session, as it is important that there should 

 be no delay in taking the necessary steps for the preservation 

 of our native fauna and flora, which are fast disappearing 

 before the advance of settlement. 



Additional assistance has been obtained for the purpose 

 of completing the catalogue of the library, and a considerable 

 number of sets of volumes have been checked through and 

 prepared for binding. The list of exchanges with other learned 

 Societies has been revised, and communication opened with 

 several Societies whose publications have not hitherto been 

 received by us. This action has already borne fruit, and it 

 is expected that before long it will result in a considerable addi- 

 tion to the annual receipts of volumes which will be of use 

 to scientific workers in this State. 



Dr. Mawson, one of our Fellows, whose expedition to the 

 Antarctic was referred to in last year's Report, having been 

 unable to meet the vessel which brought back most of his party, 

 has, with a few of his companions, spent another winter in 

 the polar regions. His return is expected shortly, and it is 

 gratifying to know that his enforced detention, although dis- 

 appointing to his family and friends, has been productive of 

 a large accumulation of facts of great scientific value. 



Three of our Fellow^s, Ex-Senator Joseph Vardon, Mr. 

 <Teorge Brunskill, and Mr. William Taylor, have been called 

 away by death. One Corresponding Member and 4 Fellows 

 bave been elected during the year, and the membership now 

 <3omprises 10 Honorary Fellows, 7 Corresponding Members, 

 75 Fellows, and 1 Associate. 



Jos. C. Verco, President. 



Walter Rutt, Hon. Secretary. 



[Copy of circular referred to in Report.'] 



GRANTS IN AID OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 



The great value to the community of scientific research, as 



leading, directly or indirectly, to the better utilization of the 



many natural and artificial products available for use by man. 



