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addition to the literature of the group, and a result in which 

 they may feel a proper pride and satisfaction. We are pleased 

 to know we may expect the publication by these authors in 

 the same style of excellence of further contributions to the 

 natural history of other groups of Australian Spiders. 



We are also glad to offer our felicitations to Mr. W. B. 

 Poole, who has completed 50 years of service with the Savings 

 Bank of South Australia, in which he rose to the highest office, 

 and who has been now released to pass his remaining days at 

 leisure. It has been our good fortune for nine or ten years 

 to have had him as our Honorary Treasurer after being, as we 

 may say, specially trained for us as an expert in finance. We 

 trust he will enjoy for many years this responsible, but happily 

 not very onerous post, and so free the Society from all anxiety 

 about its accounts, and we wish him full enjoyment not only 

 of this useful service, but of his freedom from the ties and 

 worries of the large State business concern, the present pro- 

 portions of which must in measure be credited to him. 



We will also take this opportunity of referring with 

 pleasure to the safe voyage of Mr. Edwin Ashby across some- 

 what perilous seas to and from America, and to the title 

 which has been conferred upon him of C.F.A.O.U. (Corres- 

 ponding Fellow of the American Ornithological Union) in 

 recognition of the work he has done in connection with 

 Australian birds. 



But we have also the sad duty of referring to the decease 

 of two of our Fellows. ^ 



Miss Ellen Milne Bundey, the daughter of Sir W. H. 

 Bundey, formerly one of our Judges, was elected a Fellow of 

 our Society in 1906. She had the unique distinction of being 

 our only lady Fellow. Her tastes were literary and musical 

 rather than scientific, and as Lyell Dunne she occasionally 

 contributed verses to the daily Press, and under the stress of 

 an intense patriotism strove to assist various organizations 

 in the same way. She was a Bachelor of Music of our 

 University since 1900. Through ill-health she has been 

 debarred from attendance at our meetings, but has always 

 taken a keen interest in the work of the Society, and appre- 

 ciated its records in our Transactions. Her interest is 

 practically shown by a gift to our Library of sixteen volumes 

 of Lloyd's Natural History. 



Jos. C. Verco, President. 



Evening Meeting, April 10, 1919. 



(1) An obituary notice of the late Sir Edward C. Stirling will 

 be found on page 1 of this volume. — Ed. 



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