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ANNUAL REPORT, 1913-14. 



Owing to the departure from the State of His Excellency 

 Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., the position of 

 Patron became vacant, and was accepted by His Excellency 

 Sir Henry Lionel Galway, K.C.M.G., D.S.O. 



The papers read before the Society this year include 

 several on entomological subjects by Messrs. H. J. Carter, 

 A. P. Dodd, A. M. Lea, Howard Ashton, and A. J. Turner, 

 while Dr. Rogers has continued his contributions dealing with 

 orchidaceous plants, and the proceedings have been varied by 

 the delivery of a paper by Mrs. Bates on the "Tribal Customs 

 of the Western Australian Aborigines." A series of fossils, 

 supposed to be of Cambrian age, discovered by Dr. Chewings 

 in the MacDonnell Ranges, have been described by Mr. How- 

 chin as new species belonging to the genus Cryptozoon, a form 

 that has hitherto been known only in North American geology, 

 and therefore an interesting addition to the Cambrian fauna 

 of this country. The Transactions will also include several 

 papers on the scientific results of the expedition undertaken by 

 Captain White and Mrs. White to the interior of the State, 

 which have been worked out by Captain White and other 

 specialists in their various departments. 



Advantage was taken of the presence in Adelaide of Mr. 

 W. G. Randall, Senior Inspector of Oyster Fisheries, to 

 arrange for a public lecture by him upon "Oysters, and their 

 Culture in South Australia." 



The offer of the Society to assist in the work of scientific 

 research throughout Australia by means of small grants 

 towards the expenses incurred by the workers has not met with 

 the response which was hoped for, no definite application for 

 such assistance having been received. 



The promised Bill for the Preservation of Native Fauna 

 and Flora on the Western Portion of Kangaroo Island has not 

 yet been laid before Parliament. It is to be hoped that the 

 financial position brought about by the continuance of dry 

 seasons and the lamented war will not cause the postponement 

 of action in this direction until it is too late for it to be of 

 much effect, and your Council is not allowing the matter to be 

 quietly dropped. 



The catalogue of the Library is now completed, and a con- 

 siderable number of the volumes have been bound. The com- 

 munications opened up with societies which had not been on 



