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The Annual Report and Financial Statement were read 

 and adopted. 



Election of President. — Sir Joseph C. Verco having 

 declined re-nomination, R. S. Rogers, M.A., M.D, was 

 elected, and took the chair. 



The following resolution was carried upon the motion of 

 Professor Howchin, seconded by Mr. Walter Rutt : — "This 

 meeting places on record its high appreciation of the services 

 of Sir Joseph C. Verco as President of this Society during 

 the past 18 years. He has seldom been absent from his duties 

 in the chair, which he has filled with marked ability. His 

 devotion to the interests of the Society has been unremitting, 

 and by his personal monetary contributions, as well as by 

 donations secured through his agency, the financial position of 

 the Society has been greatly advanced. We trust that the 

 Society may long enjoy the privilege of Sir Joseph's 

 fellowship." 



Election of Officers. — The following were elected for 

 1921-22:— Vice-Presidents, Sir Joseph C. Verco and Dr. 

 Pulleine ; Hon. Treasurer, B. S. Roach; Members of Council, 

 Professors Howchin, Wood Jones, and Cleland and Capt. 

 White; Hon. Auditors, W. C. Hackett and H. Whitbread; 

 Representative on the Board of Governors of the S.A. Library, 

 etc., Professor Howchin. 



Papers. — "Notes on the Geology of the Moorlands (South 

 Australia) Brown Coal Deposits," by A. C. Broughton; "The 

 Status of the Dingo," by Professor F. Wood Jones; "The 

 Wing-venation of the LeptoperUdae (Order Perlaria) with 

 description of a New Species of the genus Dinotoperla from 

 Australia," by R. J. Tillyard, D.Sc. (communicated through 

 A. M. Lea, F.E.S.); "Onchocerciasis of Queensland Cattle," 

 by Professor T. Harvey Johnston, M.A., D.Sc. (communi- 

 cated through Professor Cleland, M.D.); "Notes on the 

 Gynostemium of Diuris and the Pollinary Mechanism of 

 Phajus," by R. S. Rogers, M.D. 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1920-21. 



The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. W. B. Poole), in November, 

 resigned his office through failing health, and Mr. B. S. 

 Roach was appointed in his stead. 



The Transactions this year include papers on a variety 

 of subjects, Professor Walter Howchin, Dr. Charles Fenner, 



