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This is accounted for by the excursions having been arranged 

 during the winter months and the variableness of the weather. 

 Following is a list of the engagements: — October 29, 1910, 

 National Park; November 12, Houghton; December 10, Mount 

 Lofty; March 17, 1911, Adelaide Observatory; May 5, Ade- 

 laide Observatory; May 6, Upper Sturt; May 20, Brighton; 

 July 22, Norton Summit; August 5, Aldgate to Mount Lofty; 

 September 2, Eden Hills. 



Robert Pulleinb, Chairman. 



E. H. Lock, Hon. Secretary. 



TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIVE 

 FAUNA AND FLORA PROTECTION COMMITTEE 

 OF THE FIELD NATURALISTS' SECTION OF THE 

 ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA FOR 

 THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER, 1911. 



Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Island. 



In October last circulars enclosing a reprint of a portion 

 of last year's report were sent to members of Parliament 

 soliciting their support to the movement for more firmly estab- 

 lishing this reserve and extending its area. In November a 

 deputation from the Royal Society waited upon the Commis- 

 sioner of Crown Lands to urge upon him the necessity for 

 better protection being given to kangaroos, and, as a means 

 towards this end, the completion of the Kangaroo Island re- 

 serve. The Commissioner expressed his sympathy and said 

 he would give a reply as soon as possible. In May last your 

 Committee distributed nearly 300 circulars with a plan of 

 the western portion of the island, in response to which a de- 

 putation numbering nearly 100 persons, including representa- 

 tives of the Universities of Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne, 

 Of the Royal Society and the affiliated Societies, the Austra- 

 lian Natives' Association and many South Australian Socie- 

 ties, the Royal Societies of New South Wales, Victoria, and 

 Tasmania, the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, the 

 Corporations of Adelaide, Brighton, Glenelg, Norwood, Port 

 Adelaide, St. Peters, and Unley, and the District Councils 

 of Burnside, Crafers, Payneham, and Woodville, waited upon 

 the Commissioner of Crown Lands on June 13 to reiterate the 

 requests already made to his predecessors in office and to him- 

 self. The Minister received the deputation favourably, and 



