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Eogal Sorutjj of <§0ttttr 2Utstralia (Jncotporateb). 



TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 

 COMMITTEE 



For the Year Ended September 19, 1911. 



The monthly meetings and the excursions held during the 

 past twelve months may be considered fairly as equal in work 

 and interest to any that have gone before. The membership 

 has increased, and it may be mentioned with much satisfac- 

 tion that among those who have joined are several who belong 

 to the teaching profession. Such additions to the roll are 

 particularly welcome as adding strength to the practical wor- 

 kers in natural history. Worthy of note, too, is the addition 

 to the roll of the name of Mr. A. M. Lea, whose reputation 

 as a naturalist preceded his advent to South Australia, and 

 whose activities in the field of science will no doubt be of 

 much service to the Section. 



Meetings. 



At the last annual meeting the Chairman (Mr. W. H. 

 Selway) continued his review of "The National Parks and 

 Forests of Australia." This second part of his review, like 

 the first, was a valuable record of the work that was being 

 achieved in the direction of conserving tracts of country for 

 the preservation of Australian flora and fauna, and for hold- 

 ing in reserve areas of land for the benefit of the people, as 

 a whole, against the rapid strides of settlement for agricul- 

 tural, pastoral, and other means of production from the land. 

 It is gratifying to know that this review has been printed in 

 pamphlet form and is thus retained as a valuable record for 

 future reference. 



Following upon this, as showing the active interest that 

 the Section has always evinced in the subject, Mr. Walter 

 Gill, F.L.S., was requested to deliver an address on "Forestry 



