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when Premier, approved of the proposal, and the western 
nd was reserved, but it was never legally 
, for one reason or another, it 
was not developed, although Government after Government 
promised to carry it through. ast year^a committee of 
three—Messrs. S. Dixon and. J. M. Black and myself—was 
appointed by the Royal Society, and an application was made 
for the reservation of 1,000 square miles of country, toward 
the preparation of which two prominent citizens had promised 
to contribute £4,000. Death, unhappily, removed those two 
public-spirited gentlemen before their offer could be accepted, 
but the Hon. John Lewis, M.L.C., said he would fence the 
area. Owing mainly, it is understood, to the great extent 
of the area specified, strong opposition was offered to the scheme 
by some of the residents on the island, and eventually a special 
meeting of the District Council was held at Kingscote, and 
subsequently conveyed to the Premier (Ho H. Peake), 
together with an intimation favouring the carrying out of 
the project. All that remains t e long-desired 
ment, which, no doubt, will provide for the appointment of 
a Board of Governors to control the property. The area 
involved is approximately 200 square miles, west of a line 
from Cape Forbin on the north, to the Rocky River, round 
sea. 
to have their tap-roots destroyed and somewhat blackened. 
The fructifications of the fungus are observed as minu 
black spots around the diseased portions. The fungus also 
attacks the leaves and stems, flower stalks, and fruit pods. 
x H ing at Wis- 
consin, U.S.A. (Phytopathology, viii, pp. 379-431, 1918), 
"iens seed in the ^ aes "e iiem areas is also in- 
. fected, and will produce infected seedlings. Ample evidence 
: bed infection was found at Piccadilly. An account of 
measures was given. He also exhibited shells of 
