ANNUAL REPORT 
of the Field Naturalists’ Section of the 
Royal Society of South Australia (Inc.) 
for the Year Ending 30th June 9 1950 
during the past year, thirty-nine Saturday afternoon excursions have been held; 
also three bus trips were taken on public holidays. These for the most part have been 
reasonably well attended, but there is room for improvement in this respect, and 
we would like to see a larger number of members participating in the outings 
during the coming year. 
The outings included visits to the beaches and hills; excursions were also made 
to the Zoological Gardens, the Botanic Gardens, and the Waite Arboreatum; and we 
extend to those people who led these outings our sincere thanks. 
Eight General Meetings were held during 
thirty-eight. The talks delivered consisted 
Sanctuary Management - 
Fishes and their Defensive Colouring 
Gem Stones ----- 
Evolution ----- 
The Botanic Gardens, Past, Present 
Future ----- 
Algae ------ 
A Strip Film Evening 
Botanical Impressions of England and 
where ----- 
; the year, the average attendance being 
of the following: — 
Mr. H. A. Lindsay 
Mr. H. M. Hale 
Mr. H. Hooper 
Professor A. Abbie 
and 
Mr. T. R. N. Lothian 
Mr. Womersley 
Mr. Swann and the Secretary 
Else- 
Miss C. M. Eardley 
Thirteen new members were elected during the year, and eleven resigned, leaving 
our membership standing at eight Honorary, ten Life, 183 Financial, and 46 
Unfinancial. 
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